![]() Winds gusted as high as 70 mph on Nantucket Island off Massachusetts and over 60 mph elsewhere in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.Īn abandoned vehicle is seen at the spot where it crashed onto a sign along Highway 50 during a snowstorm, Saturday in Queenstown, Maryland. Isolated pockets nearby could get as much as three feet, forecasters said. Parts of 10 states and some major population centers - Philadelphia, New York and Boston - were in the path of the storm, which was expected to continue raging throughout the day.īoston, in the nor'easter's crosshairs, could get as much as two feet of snow. There is 'high confidence' this will be a 'historic major winter storm for eastern New England,' the NWS said on Friday.īlizzard warnings are now in place for more than 10 million people, mostly in coastal areas from Maryland to Maine, while some 55 million more are under winter storm warnings. 'The combination of heavy snow rates and strong winds will produce dangerous blizzard conditions across portions of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coasts, from Virginia's Eastern Shore to eastern Maine,' the alert added. 'Heavy snow and powerful winds will spread from the Mid-Atlantic coast to the Northeast coast throughout the day,' the NWS said in a flash bulletin. More than 3,500 flights were cancelled across the country Saturday, including nearly every flight into or out of Boston, and more than 1,000 flights in the New York City area.įreeze alerts were raised as far south as Florida, where the National Weather Service warned of 'scattered to isolated falling iguanas from trees' as plunging temperatures temporarily paralyzed the large lizards, which can weigh up to 20 pounds. New England was expected to be hardest hit, and forecasters say that Boston's totals could rival the record of 27.6 inches set in 2003, with predictions of up to 30 inches in parts of Massachusetts as coastal flooding threatened Boston harbor. ![]() 'This could be life-threatening.'Īs of 9.50am, the highest snowfall total was in Forked River, New Jersey, with a total of 15.5 inches of snow. 'This is a very serious storm,' New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at a press conference. On Saturday morning, snow was falling furiously at a rate of one to two inches per hour in New York City, which was forecast to see totals of eight to 12 inches, with up to 18 inches expected on the eastern end of Long Island. Published: 04:49 BST, 29 January 2022 | Updated: 05:00 BST, 31 January 2022Įpic snow has arrived in New York City as a potentially historic Nor'easter hits the Northeast and New England, grounding thousands of flights and creating extreme hazards for road travel. Freeze alerts in place as far south as Florida, where NWS warned of 'isolated falling iguanas from trees'īy Keith Griffith and Adriana Diaz and Stephen M.In Massachusetts more than 78,000 lost power Amtrak cancelled all train service to Northeast cities.Boston could get up to two feet of snow and is bracing for strong gusts and coastal flooding.'If you must travel, use extreme caution' 'Travel is not recommended,' the service advised.National Weather Service reports snowfall of 1 to 2 inches per hours in NYC on Saturday morning.More than 3,500 US flights were cancelled on Saturday with more than 1,000 cancellations in NYC area.Up to eight to 12 inches of snow are expected in the area with blizzard warnings in place for 10 million.Nor'easter slammed into New York City on Friday and Saturday and has blanketed the region with snow.3,500 flights are cancelled as potentially HISTORIC storm Kenan slams into Northeast: Two inches of snow an hour drops in NYC, Massachusetts braces for 30 inches and Floridians are warned to beware of iguanas falling from trees due to cold
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