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As thousands of flights are canceled with road and rail disrupted too, it has not been a merry Christmas for many on the east coast of America.
The New York area had around 18 inches of snow dumped over it, and its airports were forced to close. Elsewhere, the likes of Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina and Virginia all declared emergencies. The National Weather Service attributed the snow storm to a low pressure system, which is building southeast of Long Island.
(See pictures of how snow has also affected European travel.)
If you’re looking for a literal silver lining, Georgia and South Carolina experienced their first white Christmas in over a century and Washington D.C. looks likely to have avoided the drastic conditions entirely, with only a small amount of snowfall predicted.
Back to the airports and there were no flights out of JFK and Newark early Monday, with a mere handful leaving LaGuardia. Flights were canceled across the Northeast and in Washington, Baltimore and Chicago. Delta spokesman Kent Landers said, “certainly by Tuesday morning we are aiming to resume normal operations throughout the east coast.”
Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road were similarly hit and on the roads, plenty of bus routes were affected and numerous crashes and other accidents reported across the region. (Via BBC)