A powerful winter storm has disrupted one of the busiest journey weekends of the year in New York city and Northeastern US.
Forecasters had expected as much as 11 inch of snow by 1 pm Saturday, with the heaviest accumulation expected in the northern parts of the New York City and New Jersey metro areas.
Still, the storm has as of now caused critical disturbances to occasion travel, with at slightest 1,500 flights canceled since Friday night, according to the flight-tracking benefit FlightAware.
John F. Kennedy Universal, Newark Freedom Worldwide, and LaGuardia Air terminals issued snow notices on social media cautioning that climate conditions might lead to advance flight disturbances.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams posted on X, saying, “That white stuff is coming, NYC! We’re ready for however much we get.”
He afterwards shared a post appearing the salt spreaders and snowplow out in drive, treating the city boulevards.