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Snowfall in northeastern US causes major chaos
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Snowfall in the northeastern United States caused flight cancellations and airport delays yesterday while federal government offices and schools closed due to the foul weather.
Major delays were reported at airports in Newark, New Jersey, as well as further south in Philadelphia, according to the FlightAware website.
Snow and ice were also slowing air traffic at New York’s LaGuardia and John F Kennedy International airports.
With a winter storm warning in effect, authorities at the US capital’s Reagan National and Dulles International airports urged passengers to check the status of their flights before heading out the door.
“Some airlines have begun issuing weather related cancellations. Further cancellations and delays are likely throughout the morning,” said a notice from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
According to forecasts, the snow was expected to intensify in Washington and the neighboring states of Maryland and Virginia over the course of the morning before tapering off in the afternoon.
In Washington, the federal government operated at a slower pace as agencies closed to keep commuters off roads and prevent accidents. Schools across the region were also shut.
From 5.1 to 20.3 centimeters of snow was forecast to fall from northern Virginia, across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and into southern New England, Brian Korty, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said in a forecast.
“What we really have is a fast but generally weak storm system moving across the mid-Atlantic region,” said Korty. “We’re basically in a cold winter pattern.”
Delaware Governor Jack Markell said that state offices were also closed yesterday due to dangerous road conditions, and encouraged residents to stay off the roads.
Bitter Arctic air in the upper Great Plains and Rocky Mountains was expected to persist through today, with the coldest weather extending from the Nevada-Utah region into Minnesota, the weather service said.
Temperatures were minus 17.8 degrees Celsius early yesterday morning in Pershing County, Nevada, where rescue workers scoured a mountain area for a couple and four children, missing since Sunday. The six were last seen near an abandoned mining camp in remote northwestern Nevada, where they had gone to play in the snow.
Thousands of homes and businesses were without power on Monday night.
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