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total number of flight cancellations within, into, or out of the
United States was about 1,450 as of Sunday afternoon, according
to flight-tracking website FlightAware.com. Another 1,774
U.S.-related flights were delayed, the data showed.
LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport in
New York City and Boston Logan International Airport were among
the hardest hit by delays and cancellations.
The fierce winter storm on Saturday dropped more than 2 feet (60
cm) of snow on some areas while packing high winds, prompting
thousands of flight cancellations and leading governors in Rhode
Island and other states to curtail access to the roads.
New York's Long Island town of Islip was the hardest hit
statewide, Governor Kathy Hochul told WCBS-TV on Sunday. "We're
going to give them the golden snowball award for this week, this
storm. They were at 24.7 inches," Hochul said.
"The storm moved out of our region last night, but we expect to
be clearing more roads … and working with our utilities
throughout the day today and tomorrow," Massachusetts Lieutenant
Governor Karyn Polito said at a Sunday morning briefing.
In neighboring Canada, the worst of the cold weather was over in
Atlantic Canada, but many communities were dealing with residual
blowing snow, rain, strong winds and storm surge on Sunday,
according to the Weather Network channel.
The conditions on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket improved
on Sunday after the powerful nor'easter flooded roads and caused
a large power outage on Saturday, the local police department
said. The water was deep enough for two high school students to
row a canoe along a flooded street, according to a photo posted
on social media.
In Massachusetts, about 31,000 out of 2.6 million customers were
without electricity as of early Sunday, according to the
https://poweroutage.us website. Utility company Eversource
Energy said most of its customers who were still without power
will have it back by the end of the day on Monday.
The weather may have contributed to at least three deaths in New
York alone, all on Long Island. One was an elderly woman who was
found on Saturday in a hotel parking lot in Uniondale, New York,
with her car window open, according to the Nassau County Police
Department. Authorities also reported the deaths of two men,
ages 53 and 75, who collapsed while shoveling snow at separate
locations in the Long Island town of Syosset on Saturday.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru and Barbara Goldberg
in New York; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Chizu Nomiyama)
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