WASHINGTON, Jan 29 — A powerful winter storm packing heavy snow and high winds pummelled the US East Coast today, forcing the cancellation of thousands of flights as severe weather alerts were sounded across a region of around 70 million people.
Salt machines and snowploughs crawled along the streets of New York, where as much as 10 centimetres of snow had fallen by this morning. “It is going to get quite ugly out there,” she said in an early-morning television interview from City Hall. Massachusetts residents had rushed yesterday to buy groceries, as well as snow- and ice-melting pellets to help keep their sidewalks and driveways clear.
“Get home safely tonight, remain home over the weekend, avoid any unnecessary travel,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement, singling out Long Island, New York City and the lower Hudson Valley for particularly deep snow.
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