From News Nation:
“Winter storm grips Northeast
with mix of heavy snow, freezing rain”
An intense winter storm will dump
a mix of heavy snow and freezing rain on the U.S. Northeast on Friday, creating
dangerous travel conditions while knocking out power to homes and businesses. A
region reaching from northern Ohio up through Pennsylvania and into New York
state is expected to get 1/4 inch of ice accumulation, while as much as a foot
of snow was in the forecast to the north in New England through the day, the
National Weather Service said.
The weather service issued ice
and winter storm advisories, warning motorists that a thick layer of ice and
blowing snow were expected to accumulate on roads throughout the day. “Stay off
the roads as much as possible. If you need to travel, slow down and don’t crowd
the plows,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a tweet on Friday morning. Freezing
rain will accumulate to 1/10 to 2/10 of an inch in spots, creating hazardous
driving conditions. Total accumulations of 1 to 2 inches of snow and sleet are
possible for New York City, western Long Island and northeast New Jersey. The
lower Hudson Valley and western New Jersey could get between 1 and 3 inches of
snow, and 5 to 8 inches are expected in northwestern New Jersey and the upper
Hudson Valley. The buildup of ice could also down trees and power lines across
the region, the weather service warned. As of Friday morning, nearly 20,000
homes and businesses in Ohio and another 16,000 in Pennsylvania were without
power, according to Poweroutage.us. Transportation officials in Pennsylvania
placed speed and vehicle restrictions on several major highways across the
state, urging motorists to avoid travel if possible. The state reported more
than a dozen crashes and traffic incidents on Friday morning.
To the north, New Englanders
braced for heavy snowfall at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour throughout the
day, which will greatly diminish visibility on roadways, making travel very
difficult or impossible, the weather service said. More than 500 flights in and
out of Boston’s Logan International Airport were canceled as of Friday morning,
while another 180 were canceled from and to Newark Liberty International
Airport in New Jersey, one of the three major airports serving New York City,
according to Flightaware.com.
^ We are getting hit by a lot of
snow here. ^
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