nor'easter blizzards
A nor'easter is a macro-scale storm along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada. It got its name from the direction the wind is coming from. The usage of the term in North America comes from the wind associated with lots of different types of storms. Some of which can form in the North Atlantic Ocean and some of which form as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. The term is mostly used in the coastal areas of New England and Atlantic Canada. This type of storm has the same characteristics to a hurricane. More specifically it describes a low-pressure area, whose center of rotation is just off the East Coast, whose leading winds in the left-forward quadrant rotate onto land from the northeast. High storm waves might sink ships at sea and cause coastal flooding and beach erosion. Notable nor'easters include The Great Blizzard of 1888, is one of the worst blizzards in U.S. history. It dropped 100–130 centimeters, or 40-50 inches of snow and killed 400 people, mostly in New York.