Icy winter storm chills US northeast
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February 27, 2010, Saturday
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AN unceasing winter storm unleashed multiple dangers across the northeast United States yesterday, blasting the coast with hurricane-force winds, causing flooding and power outages and flight cancellations.
In New York City, 43 centimeters of snow had fallen before dawn and more was expected. A man was killed by a falling snow-laden tree branch in Central Park, one of at least three deaths being blamed on the storm.
Airports around the region were dealing with heavy cancellations and telling passengers to check with airlines before trying to get to airports.
The real threat was expected to be the strong wind that could create blizzard conditions. The highest wind reported was 146 kilometers per hour in Portsmouth, New Hampshire -- well above hurricane force of 119 kilometers per hour. Gusts hit 100 kilometers per hour or more from New York's Long Island to Massachusetts.
Hundreds of thousands of people were without power in areas of the northeastern US.
New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who had said on Thursday that the largest US public school district would stay open, changed his mind. Yesterday was the second snow day of the month there, but only the fourth in six years.
In Hampton, New Hampshire, winds helped spread a fire that started in an unoccupied oceanfront hotel, damaging another six to eight businesses, including a restaurant and a games arcade, fire Captain David Lang said. No injuries were reported, and no cause had been identified.
The storm was packing wet, heavy snow that could dump a foot or more in some areas and powerful, damaging winds could complicate any cleanup.
Much of the region, particularly Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, only recently finished cleaning up from a pair of storms a few weeks ago.
In New York City, 43 centimeters of snow had fallen before dawn and more was expected. A man was killed by a falling snow-laden tree branch in Central Park, one of at least three deaths being blamed on the storm.
Airports around the region were dealing with heavy cancellations and telling passengers to check with airlines before trying to get to airports.
The real threat was expected to be the strong wind that could create blizzard conditions. The highest wind reported was 146 kilometers per hour in Portsmouth, New Hampshire -- well above hurricane force of 119 kilometers per hour. Gusts hit 100 kilometers per hour or more from New York's Long Island to Massachusetts.
Hundreds of thousands of people were without power in areas of the northeastern US.
New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who had said on Thursday that the largest US public school district would stay open, changed his mind. Yesterday was the second snow day of the month there, but only the fourth in six years.
In Hampton, New Hampshire, winds helped spread a fire that started in an unoccupied oceanfront hotel, damaging another six to eight businesses, including a restaurant and a games arcade, fire Captain David Lang said. No injuries were reported, and no cause had been identified.
The storm was packing wet, heavy snow that could dump a foot or more in some areas and powerful, damaging winds could complicate any cleanup.
Much of the region, particularly Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, only recently finished cleaning up from a pair of storms a few weeks ago.
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