Ice coats pine needles on a tree near a barn in Arundel.

A wave breaks over a sea wall near a car on Beach Avenue in Kennebunk. The storm passing through the state caused some minor coastal flooding during high tide.

Seen through an iced-over car window, children get on a school bus on Brown Street in Kennebunk on Tuesday. The freezing rain that fell caused many school districts to delay starting times or cancel school.

A paddleboarder paddles out through waves at Gooch's Beach in Kennebunk on Tuesday. Surfers took advantage of large waves kicked up by the storm moving through the state.

Adam Lascelle of South Portland scrapes ice off his car window during Tuesday's storm.

An SUV risks crossing a flooded street in Keyport, N.J. Tuesday. A slow-moving storm churned through the Northeast early Tuesday, bringing drenching wind-blown rain to coastal areas, wet snow inland and a wintry mix to the New England states.

Pedestrians shield themselves against the rain as they walk along Market Street in Philadelphia Tuesday.

Wind-driven rain overpowers an umbrella during the rainstorm Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Waves splash against a seawall and onto houses along the Atlantic Coast on Tuesday in Scituate, Mass. The National Weather Service posted a flood watch for urban and poor drainage areas, and a coastal flood advisory for the midday high tide cycle.

A woman grasps her umbrella while walking in the rain Tuesday in Quincy, Mass. The National Weather Service posted a flood watch for urban and poor drainage areas, and a coastal flood advisory for the midday high tide cycle in Massachusetts.

Connecticut state transportation crews work on clearing a flooded Connecticut Avenue at the Interstate 95 soutbound exit ramp in Norwalk, Conn., using snowplows to clear water more than a foot deep Tuesday.

People clutching umbrellas wait to cross a street in a wind-driven rain along 34th Street near Fifth Avenue in New York on Tuesday as the Northeast was battered by a strong storm.