The Northeastern Blizzard of 1978 will be remembered mainly for the blinding snowstorms and frigid temperatures it brought to New England, New Jersey and New York City in early February. The hurricane-force winds, white outs and snow drifts trapped drivers on the road and families in their homes. But most of the damage was caused by the storm surge, combined with spring high tides, that caused severe flooding and destroyed many homes on Long Island Sound and Cape Cod Bay.

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