Nor'easter slams East Coast

A nor'easter brought gusting winds, rain, snow and the threat of flooding. It menaced travelers with icy roads, snarled the Long Island Rail Road and knocked out power to people who had only recently gotten it back after Superstorm Sandy.

A pile of garbage in the street is covered with snow in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to a layer of wet snow and more power outages after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A pile of garbage in the street is covered with snow in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to a layer of wet snow and more power outages after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)