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Blizzard Moves Through New York and Boston, Worse Still to Come
Staff Reporter
First Posted: Feb 08, 2013 10:35 PM EST
A powerful winter storm swept through the New York-to-Boston corridor on Friday, causing power failures, dozens of accidents grounding flights, and shortages at gas stations, as forecasters warned that the worst is still to come.
In New York City, rain began changing over to all snow as of about 3 p.m. and winds were expected to start rising into the evening hours, said Joe Pollina, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Upton, New York.
There is already 13 inches of snow had in East Setauket on New York's Long Island and 12 inches at Woonsocket, R.I., weather.com reported.
Governors of New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island declared a state of emergency.
Airlines canceled more than 3,000 flights on Friday, Boston closed its subway, Amtrak suspended some service, and cities across the Northeast prepared to deploy an armada of snowplows and salt-spreading trucks.
The snow was expected to be at its heaviest Friday night and into Saturday. Early snowfall was blamed for a 19-car pileup in Cumberland, Maine, that caused minor injuries.
Flooding was expected along coastal areas still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, which hit New York and New Jersey the hardest and is considered Jersey's worst natural disaster.
Rail service between Boston and New York stopped after 1:40 p.m., Amtrak said. Passenger trains also were suspended from Boston to Albany, New York, and Portland, Maine, and the last run from Springfield, Massachusetts, left at 10:30 a.m. In New Jersey, NJ Transit said some trains and bus service would be suspended at 8 p.m.
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First Posted: Feb 08, 2013 10:35 PM EST
A powerful winter storm swept through the New York-to-Boston corridor on Friday, causing power failures, dozens of accidents grounding flights, and shortages at gas stations, as forecasters warned that the worst is still to come.
In New York City, rain began changing over to all snow as of about 3 p.m. and winds were expected to start rising into the evening hours, said Joe Pollina, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Upton, New York.
There is already 13 inches of snow had in East Setauket on New York's Long Island and 12 inches at Woonsocket, R.I., weather.com reported.
Governors of New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island declared a state of emergency.
Airlines canceled more than 3,000 flights on Friday, Boston closed its subway, Amtrak suspended some service, and cities across the Northeast prepared to deploy an armada of snowplows and salt-spreading trucks.
The snow was expected to be at its heaviest Friday night and into Saturday. Early snowfall was blamed for a 19-car pileup in Cumberland, Maine, that caused minor injuries.
Flooding was expected along coastal areas still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, which hit New York and New Jersey the hardest and is considered Jersey's worst natural disaster.
Rail service between Boston and New York stopped after 1:40 p.m., Amtrak said. Passenger trains also were suspended from Boston to Albany, New York, and Portland, Maine, and the last run from Springfield, Massachusetts, left at 10:30 a.m. In New Jersey, NJ Transit said some trains and bus service would be suspended at 8 p.m.
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