Winter Storm Riley isclobbering the Northeast as an intense with damaging winds and significant, long-lived, destructive coastal flooding.

"Take this storm seriously!" the National Weather Service in Boston. "This is a LIFE & DEATH situation for those living along the coast, especially those ocean-exposed shorelines."

A potentiallyrecord-breaking high tide is ahead for the New England coast Friday night around midnight, and it will be the highest tide of Winter Storm Riley.

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