A massive winter storm is hitting the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, causing travel bans and thousands of flight cancellations. The storm is expected to be one of the top 10 worst winter storms in the last 150 years, with over 40 million people under blizzard warnings.
A massive winter storm is slamming the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with blizzard conditions, prompting travel bans and forcing thousands of flights to be canceled. The region is grappling with slick roads and whiteout conditions, with more than 40 million people under blizzard warnings along 700 miles of the East Coast from Maryland to Maine.
Travel bans have been issued in some cities and states, with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announcing a ban on all nonessential travel until noon Monday. Travel restrictions have also been issued for multiple counties in New York state, as well as for New Jersey and Rhode Island.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the storm was expected to make history as one of the top 10 worst winter storms in the last 150 years. Some parts of New Jersey and Long Island were seeing just shy of two feet of snow early Monday as the storm continued to strike.
Heavy snow and gusty winds were creating blizzard conditions between New York City and Boston, causing chaos on Interstate 95. On highways in Connecticut, some drivers resorted to pushing their cars stuck in the snow, while others left to tend to their vehicles caught up in wrecks that caused hours-long traffic delays.
In Boston, the mayor urged people to stay off the roads. Parts of New England could get up to two feet of snow.
“Boston is no stranger to nor’easters, but this is gonna be a big one,” said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. “And so we need everyone to just be inside, stay warm, stay safe, and let the plows do their work.”
More than half a million power outages were reported across the East Coast as of midday Monday, according to poweroutage.us. Many of them were in Massachusetts and New Jersey.
Flight cancellations and delays have also been significant, with more than 10,000 flights canceled through Tuesday, according to flight tracking service FlightAware.
Flights were basically suspended from Philadelphia north to Boston. Many of the cancellations were at major hubs in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, although Baltimore and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia were also seeing a significant number of cancellations.
Airlines began canceling flights on Saturday to get ahead of the storm. Cancellations for Monday topped 5,300, while Sunday saw more than 3,400 cancellations.
Over 1,300 U.S. flights have been canceled for Tuesday, which is also when airlines are hoping to resume service in some areas.
Snowfall totals are rising into the double digits Monday, with parts of Long Island and New Jersey reporting more than 2 feet, CBS News New York reported.
In New York City, more than 15 inches of snow was recorded in Central Park, according to the National Weather Service. In Islip, a town on Long Island, over 22 inches had accumulated.
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