US EditionNortheast US digs out from brutal snowstorm that disrupted flights and canceled school
The storm dumped over 3 feet of snow in Rhode Island, canceled more than 2,000 flights, and caused widespread power outages as recovery efforts began.
- On Monday, a major, record-breaking snow storm struck the US East Coast, causing over 5,675 flight cancellations mostly at New York, New Jersey and Boston airports, FlightAware reported.
- Warnings stretched from North Carolina to northern Maine, with hurricane-force gusts of 83 mph recorded in Nantucket, according to the National Weather Service meteorologists.
- Poweroutage.us reported more than 600,000 outages on the east coast, including nearly 300,000 in Massachusetts and 85% in Barnstable County.
- Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey ordered non-essential driving bans as New York City halted traffic for over 8 million residents, and the Boston Globe suspended printing for the first time in its 150-year history.
- By Tuesday, roads were beginning to reopen and some power was restored, but the National Weather Service is tracking another storm that could bring more snow later this week.
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Northeast U.S. digs out from brutal snowstorm that disrupted flights and cancelled school
Neighbours, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed “Darth Vader” scrambled to dig out much of the northeastern United States from a brutal and — in some areas — record-breaking storm that blanketed the region with snow and resulted in thousands of flight cancellations.
Northeast US digs out from brutal storm that disrupted flights and cancelled school
The Northeast US battles to recover from a record-breaking snowstorm that disrupted flights and closed schools, as forecasters warn of another storm on the horizon. Discover how communities are coping with the aftermath and preparing for more snow.
A powerful storm hit the eastern coast of the United States, bringing in records that caused disturbances for millions of people and thousands of cancelled flights, BBC announced. In some areas of Rhode Island and Massachusetts the floods reached nearly a meter, declared the National Weather Service.
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