U.S Cancels 6,300 Flights Due To Heavy Snowfall
KABUL: (MEP) The worst snow storm in recent years in the states of East Coast and is spreading to other areas from the United States.
A winter storm of snow slammed into Washington on Friday, threatening the nation’s capital with record accumulations as it barreled up the East Coast, Yahoo News reports.
Based on U.S Online aerology, predicted cold front snow with strong wind started Friday and precipitation wind 30 to 90 cm of snow accompanied.
The blizzard started to blanket the Washington area during the early afternoon. Seven people had died in car crashes as a wintry mix spread across Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Airlines canceled around 6,300 flights in the U.S. for Friday and Saturday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.com. An additional 7,000 flights were delayed on Friday alone, reverberating to airports across the country.
Meanwhile, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said there were concerns over beach erosion as he declared a state of emergency Friday night. The governor’s declaration means people should stay off the roads so they do not interfere with law enforcement and emergency responders.
“If you don’t have to drive, don’t,” Christie said, reported the New Jersey State-Ledger.
“The overall message is: We’ll get through the storm, we always do,” Christie added. “That’s how we do it in New Jersey.”
The Weather Channel said more than 85 million people in at least 20 states were covered by a winter weather warning, watch or advisory and residents up and down the East Coast scrambled to stock up on supplies.
AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said Washington’s snowfall could eclipse the “Snowmageddon” storm of 2010 that dropped 17.8 inches (45.2 cm), adding that If forecasts prove accurate, the storm could rival the 1922 Knickerbocker storm, which dumped a record 28 inches (71 cm) on the city.
