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NYC, New England slammed by massive snow storm
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February 9, 2013, Saturday
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A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books pounded the New York-to-Boston corridor - home to nearly 25 million people - yesterday, grounding flights, closing workplaces and sending people rushing to get home. Forecasters predicted up to 3 feet of snow.
From New Jersey to Maine, shoppers crowded into supermarkets and hardware stores to buy food, snow shovels, flashlights and generators, something that became a precious commodity after Superstorm Sandy in October. Others gassed up their cars, another lesson learned all too well after Sandy. Across much of New England, schools closed well ahead of the first snowflakes.
"This is a storm of major proportions," Boston Mayor Thomas Menino warned. "Stay off the roads. Stay home."
By last night, more than 35.5 centimeters of snow had fallen in Belmont, Massachusetts, just northwest of Boston, and more than 33 centimeters covered parts of northeastern Connecticut. Throughout the Northeast, about 350,000 homes and businesses lost electricity as wet, heavy snow, freezing rain and howling winds caused havoc.
Airlines cancelled more than 4,300 flights through today. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick banned all traffic from roads yesterday afternoon, believed to be the state's first such ban since the blizzard of 1978.
"This one doesn't come along every day. This is going to be a dangerous winter storm," said Alan Dunham, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Taunton, Massachusetts.
The heaviest snowfall was expected last night and into today. Wind gusts could reach 121 kph. Widespread power failures were feared, along with flooding in coastal areas still recovering from Superstorm Sandy in October.
From New Jersey to Maine, shoppers crowded into supermarkets and hardware stores to buy food, snow shovels, flashlights and generators, something that became a precious commodity after Superstorm Sandy in October. Others gassed up their cars, another lesson learned all too well after Sandy. Across much of New England, schools closed well ahead of the first snowflakes.
"This is a storm of major proportions," Boston Mayor Thomas Menino warned. "Stay off the roads. Stay home."
By last night, more than 35.5 centimeters of snow had fallen in Belmont, Massachusetts, just northwest of Boston, and more than 33 centimeters covered parts of northeastern Connecticut. Throughout the Northeast, about 350,000 homes and businesses lost electricity as wet, heavy snow, freezing rain and howling winds caused havoc.
Airlines cancelled more than 4,300 flights through today. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick banned all traffic from roads yesterday afternoon, believed to be the state's first such ban since the blizzard of 1978.
"This one doesn't come along every day. This is going to be a dangerous winter storm," said Alan Dunham, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Taunton, Massachusetts.
The heaviest snowfall was expected last night and into today. Wind gusts could reach 121 kph. Widespread power failures were feared, along with flooding in coastal areas still recovering from Superstorm Sandy in October.
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