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Aftermath at this point. i grew up in the chesapeake bay and seeing what some of the storms did up there and the nor'easters and we're down here, i think we would be kind of a last to get supplies over miami, ft. lauderdale and the bigger cities. >> reporter: she did express real worry, and this is somebody who's lived down here for quite a while. most people refer back to wilma, 2005, which was the last time the storm surge inundated about 75% of key west. they're worried act the storm surge. they're worried about a bridge going out because that not only cuts off transportation and supplies f...

Bronx area of new york city. you've been through these nor'easters before. up see how quickly these things change firsthand. that's what we've been doing all morning long. we're originally along interstate 95 and that one weep know that i-95 corridor, that one is tricky. this morning before sunrise we were talking about heavy snow. but you will literally go miles on the highway and everything would completely change. it would be icy conditions, rain, back to flakes and huge, fat snowflakes and now we're looking at 87 north and you can see as we look outside, conditions, they're okay right here...

If you stay all snow, philly, you could get higher than that. new york 12 to 18. if it's all snow, new york city could easily see 18 to 20 inches. hartford could be a the bulls eye. and in boston, there's a little mixing so that's why your numbers are a little bit slower. don't be on the road in pennsylvania eastern. it going to to snow just starting to get really heavy in boston. new york city will be ending by about 2 p.m. and then we shift it nth wards after that. the other story is when we get the nor'easters, it's 60 mile-an-hour wind new york joke. could get power outages. the biggest de...

The u.s. is getting it from both ends when it comes to weather. >> i thought it always happens this time of the year. the powerful nor'easters. >> both on the east and west coast. a nor esther dumping snow and freezing rain from upstate new york to maine. >> drought-stricken northern california is going to get a drenching. good news for that state. >> reporter: if it isn't heavy snow, it's torrential rain. as the powerful nor'easter slams the northeast. along the jersey shore in ocean county, streets under water. the conditions treacherous for drivers in town in new york in the far eastern sid...

Coast is already packed, but it's a fragile strip of land. rhode island's southern shore projects into the atlantic, making it vulnerable to powerful nor'easters that are stripping away more than a foot of beach every year in some parts of the state. the geography around connecticut funnels storm surge into areas packed with a lot of expensive home. in the city of milford, more than a quarter of the homes were damaged in hurricane sandy the ocean is rising more than three to four times faster than the average. and that could get faster if temperatures keep rising. rhode island had a huge growt...