'Snowicane' Brings Heavy Snow and Rain to Northeast

(Feb. 25) -- Weary residents of the Northeastern United States are being hit with the latest punch from Mother Nature.

Nicknamed "Snowicane," the storm's brought heavy snow to New York state, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and heavy rain to parts of New England. It was accompanied by blistering winds that downed trees and power lines up and down the region. At least 75,000 customers were without power in New York and New England.

"It's not just a snowstorm," Bob Oravec of the National Weather Service told ABC News. "There's all this flooding in New England, and when you have a storm this strong, you can have hurricane-force winds."

A 30-year-old man was killed in New York City's Central Park when high winds downed a tree limb.

By late this afternoon, more than 900 flights had been canceled, the majority scheduled to arrive or depart from New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

Amtrak canceled train service between Rensselaer, N.Y., and New York City because of track damage caused by an earlier storm.

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Forecasters warned that road travel could prove increasingly difficult overnight from northern Virginia to Maine. Areas of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey could see more than a foot of new snow by the time the storm spins away Friday evening.

"This will probably be the most difficult storm to predict of this season," New Jersey climatologist David Robinson told the Star-Leger of Newark, N.J. "It's a potentially monster storm. It could be crippling."

Buoyed by high winds, waves could reach a height of 27 feet off the coast of Maine, Bloomberg News reported. Wind gusts as high as 60 mph are forecast in several states.

A dizzying number of advisories has been issued by the National Weather Service, including coastal flood warnings for much of the New England seaboard and a blizzard warning for portions of West Virginia.