A winter storm dumped heavy snow and treacherous ice on to parts of the Great Lakes and Northeast Friday evening into Saturday morning, snarling travel and knocking out power in parts of the region.
More than 1,850 flights within, to or out of the United States were delayed Saturday morning and at least 600 were canceled, according to FlightAware. The New York metropolitan area’s three major airports are among the hardest hit and additional disruptions are reported at Boston Logan International Airport. The challenges follow more than 8,500 delays and 1,700 cancellations on Friday.
Flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport were delayed an average of about two hours Saturday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Ground delays until midday Saturday are also in place at LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International airports.
Snow continued to fall across the New York City metro and northeastern New Jersey area through daybreak Saturday, but is starting to taper off elsewhere in the northeast, according to the National Weather Service.
As ice weighed on trees and power lines in Michigan, more than 30,000 homes and businesses began Saturday without power, according to poweroutage.us.
New York City workers had prepared for days in anticipation for the snowstorm, salting the streets and readying plows.
The weather service had predicted New York City’s biggest amount of snow in years, but just over four inches fell in places like Central Park. The highest accumulation of snow fell in Connecticut, which got just over 8 inches, and more than 11 inches in Hartwick, New York.
The last time New York City saw a snowstorm of at least 4 inches was January 2022, when a storm blew in 8 inches, according to the National Weather Service office in New York.
