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As much as two feet of snow was forecast for some areas Tuesday, whipped by damaging winds. States of emergency were declared in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Connecticut, according to NBC News.
“We’re not kidding with this. This is not some sort of joke,” said Kait Parker, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel. “This is a major storm.”
More than 5,700 flights across the country were pre-emptively canceled by 5 a.m. ET, including more than 1,500 at New York area airports, according to FlightAware.
A “wall of snow” was forecast to hit Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut during Tuesday morning at a rate of up to four inches an hour, the National Weather Service warned, with the added risk of thunder snow.
In New York City, which could see up to 18 inches of snow and fierce wind gusts of 40 mph to 50 mph, above-ground train service was suspended at 4 a.m., the MTA said.
31.2M ppl are under a Blizzard Warning. Hurricane force winds are expected along the coast. Erosion, storm surge, & power outages poss. pic.twitter.com/oLeq2wKsva
— AMHQ (@AMHQ) 14 марта 2017 г.
A monster nor’easter began dumping snow on the Northeast early Tuesday, snarling travel, shuttering schools and putting 70 million people under winter storm or blizzard warnings and watches. As much as two feet of snow was forecast for some areas Tuesday, whipped by damaging winds. States of emergency were declared in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Connecticut.
“We’re not kidding with this. This is not some sort of joke,” said Kait Parker, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel. “This is a major storm.”
More than 5,700 flights across the country were pre-emptively canceled by 5 a.m. ET, including more than 1,500 at New York area airports, according to FlightAware.
A “wall of snow” was forecast to hit Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut during Tuesday morning at a rate of up to four inches an hour, the National Weather Service warned, with the added risk of thunder snow.
In New York City, which could see up to 18 inches of snow and fierce wind gusts of 40 mph to 50 mph, above-ground train service was suspended at 4 a.m., the MTA said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded with chilly New Yorkers to keep off the roads so sanitation crews and first responders can do their jobs.
Some 31 million Americans were waking up to blizzard warnings across the Northeast, NBC News meteorologist Bill Karins said, while an additional 31 million were under winter storms warnings and a further nine million were under a winter weather advisory.
“The biggest change overnight is for a slight shift of the storm track closer to the Mid-Atlantic coast and then through eastern New England,” he said, cutting the likely snow totals for big cities along I-95.
Blizzard Warnings for parts of Long Island have been converted to Winter Storm Warnings as more in the way of a wintry mix is expected. pic.twitter.com/4hx357fRYd
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) 14 марта 2017 г.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo activated 2,000 National Guard personnel and told non-essential state employees to take the off. “It’s a good day to stay home,” Cuomo said. “It’s going to be a dangerous, dangerous situation.”
In Connecticut, a statewide travel ban began at 5 a.m. ET while New York, Boston and Philadelphia all said schools would be closed.
In Washington, D.C., federal workers were allowed to work from home or arrive up to three hours later than normal, according to an overnight update from the Office of Personnel Management.
It will be a wall of #snow that overspreads #MA #RI #CT 9am-12pm w/snowfall rates of 2-4″ per hr at times 10am-4pm & risk of #thundersnow!
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) 14 марта 2017 г.
