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The
nor'easter storm is on track to dump up to a foot of snow and
bring gusts of up to 50 miles per hour (80 kmph) to major cities
such as New York, Philadelphia and Boston on Wednesday and into
Thursday, the National Weather Service said.
"Significant amounts of snow, sleet and ice will make travel
very hazardous or impossible," the service said in an advisory
for New Jersey.
More than 2,000 flights had already been canceled on Tuesday
evening at the three major airports that serve New York.
Airlines said they were waiving fees to change flights from and
to the East Coast.
The storm forced schools across the region including those in
Philadelphia and New York, the largest school district in the
United States, to cancel classes on Wednesday.
"For everyone's safety, because it could be such a big storm ...
we want to be ahead of it," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said
on Tuesday.
Both Greyhound bus service and Amtrak passenger train service
suspended or abbreviated routes for the day. Throughout the East
Coast, local bus and train services that millions of people rely
on to commute to and from work and school also canceled service
on Wednesday.
Widespread power outages were also expected on Wednesday as
heavy snow and ice along winds may topple trees and power lines,
the service said.
The latest storm comes after storms on March 2, 7 and 12 left at
least 9 people dead across the region and more than 2 million
homes and businesses without power.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Amrutha
Gayathri)
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