内容摘要：BANGKOK (AP) — While U.S. President Donald Trump has talked of victory after reaching a

BANGKOK (AP) — While U.S. President Donald Trump has talked of victory after reaching a

A nor’easter is an East Coast storm that is so named because winds over the coastal area are typically from the northeast, according to the National Weather Service. The storms can happen at any time of the year, but they are at their most frequent and strongest between September and April, according to the service.The storms have caused

in damage in the past. They usually reach the height of their strength in New England and eastern Canada. The storms often disrupt traffic and power grids and can causeto homes and businesses.“We have a stronger jet stream, which is helping intensify a low pressure system that just happens to be coming up the coast. And so that’s how it got the nor’easter name,” said Kyle Pederson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Boston.

The storm hit Boston with heavy rains and stiff wind starting Thursday morning. Southern Massachusetts was also dealing with heavy rains that made for messy morning and evening commutes.The heaviest rain was expected to fall in Rhode Island and southern and eastern Massachusetts, Pederson said. Localized nuisance flooding and difficult driving conditions were possible Thursday, but catastrophic flooding was not expected.

Providence was hit with wind and steady rains by midafternoon. Further north, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, lobster boats shook on the water as high winds brought choppy seas.

More than 60 flights were canceled Thursday at Boston Logan International Airport, where there were also more than 300 delayed flights. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shut down three commuter ferries because of rough seas.The Minneapolis-St. Paul area appeared to largely skirt the worst of the weather.

“Any severe threat is pretty much done for the metro area,” she said Monday evening.She said there is still some storm activity in the Albert Lea area, just north of the Iowa border.

The Storm Prediction Center said a lesser potential for severe weather extended as far south as parts of Texas and Oklahoma.Monday’s first round of storms darkened skies over downtown Minneapolis around 9 a.m. and brought brief heavy rains, but it triggered no weather warnings as it passed through.