U.S. Northeast Threatened With Blizzard, Travel Delays
The U.S. Northeast is bracing for a winter storm that is forecast to dump more than a foot of snow across parts of the region, threatening road closures after causing hundreds of flights to be canceled.
Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island and eastern Plymouth county and Barnstable county in Massachusetts may be swept by winds of 30 miles (48 kilometers) per hour with gusts as much as 45 miles per hour, while receiving as much as 14 inches (36 centimeters) of snow, according to the National Weather Service, which issued blizzard warning for the areas. As much as 8 inches may fall in New York City, northern New Jersey and the lower Hudson River valley through tomorrow, a separate winter storm warning showed.
“In the I-95 corridor the daylight hours are not going to be all that bad,” said Carl Erickson, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania. “The core of the storm from Boston down to New York City and Philadelphia will be Thursday night into Friday morning.”
Visibility on Long Island may be cut to less than a quarter mile and wind chills could make temperatures feel close to minus 10 Fahrenheit (minus 23 Celsius) tomorrow, according to the blizzard warning. As driving conditions deteriorate, the state may close the Long Island Expressway and other thoroughfares, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters yesterday.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reported good service on almost all subway, bus, rail and bridge and tunnel links into New York City as of 6:15 a.m. local time.
More than 70 percent of all winter-storm deaths are automobile related, according to the National Fire Protection Association, a Quincy, Massachusetts-based non-profit advocate for safety codes.
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