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Snowstorm in Northeast, rain pounds New England
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February 26, 2010, Friday
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A slow-moving winter storm packing heavy, wet snow and potentially flooding rain spread over the Northeast yesterday, disrupting US air traffic and closing schools. Utility companies braced for possible widespread power outages overnight due to high winds and toppled trees.
The strongest wind and heaviest snow was forecast for late yesterday and early today, with a foot (30 centimeters) or more of snow and high winds expected from southeastern Pennsylvania, into New Jersey and New York and up to parts of New England.
About 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snow fell in New York City, where 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.
Airlines canceled hundreds of flights across the Northeast. Officials at Philadelphia International Airport said nearly one-fifth of the flights scheduled there for the day had been scratched. The prediction of strong winds was the main reason, said airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica.
The latest blast of winter was expected to linger more than 24 hours, meaning more headaches today. More snow is predicted for much of the region Saturday, too.
The National Weather Service put much of the East Coast under wind advisories and warnings until 7 am (1200 GMT) today. The agency warned that winds could blow steadily between 20 mph and 30 mph (32 and 48 kph) in some areas, with gusts of 55 mph (88 kph) or higher in coastal and mountainous areas.
In upstate New York, a storm that hit the area with up to 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow Wednesday left some 150,000 homes and businesses without power. About 49,000 utility customers remained without power late Thursday, most in the Hudson Valley.
Vermont had more than 10,000 outages. Nearly 4,000 utility customers in New Jersey were without electricity and there were scattered outages in suburban Philadelphia and northeastern Pennsylvania.
Thousands of schools across the region either closed or let out early. New York State Police attributed two traffic deaths to the weather.
The strongest wind and heaviest snow was forecast for late yesterday and early today, with a foot (30 centimeters) or more of snow and high winds expected from southeastern Pennsylvania, into New Jersey and New York and up to parts of New England.
About 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snow fell in New York City, where 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.
Airlines canceled hundreds of flights across the Northeast. Officials at Philadelphia International Airport said nearly one-fifth of the flights scheduled there for the day had been scratched. The prediction of strong winds was the main reason, said airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica.
The latest blast of winter was expected to linger more than 24 hours, meaning more headaches today. More snow is predicted for much of the region Saturday, too.
The National Weather Service put much of the East Coast under wind advisories and warnings until 7 am (1200 GMT) today. The agency warned that winds could blow steadily between 20 mph and 30 mph (32 and 48 kph) in some areas, with gusts of 55 mph (88 kph) or higher in coastal and mountainous areas.
In upstate New York, a storm that hit the area with up to 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow Wednesday left some 150,000 homes and businesses without power. About 49,000 utility customers remained without power late Thursday, most in the Hudson Valley.
Vermont had more than 10,000 outages. Nearly 4,000 utility customers in New Jersey were without electricity and there were scattered outages in suburban Philadelphia and northeastern Pennsylvania.
Thousands of schools across the region either closed or let out early. New York State Police attributed two traffic deaths to the weather.
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