A total of 11 are now confirmed dead as heavy snow from a โpotent storm systemโ is expected to batter the Northeast Saturday, while flash flooding could hit coastal areas of Northern California and southern Oregon, forecasters have warned.
Rain and strong winds will likely affect a large swath of the Northeast, the National Weather Service said in a bulletin, adding that โheavy snow to continue across interior Northeast and northern New England.โ
An additional 3 to 6 inches of snow were possible, it said, adding that between 8 and 12 inches were forecast for southern Maine and New Hampshire through Saturday.
Heavy snow will also hit the West Coast as a new storm system moves in, bringing the possibility of rainfall that could cause flash flooding along the coastal areas of Northern California and southern Oregon, forecasters warned Saturday.
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As the system tracks southward โan additional several feet of snow will be possibleโ in the higher terrains of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges,โ the National Weather Service said in a bulletin.
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