Winter Storm Hits U.S. Northeast

Winter storm hits U.S. Northeast

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — A strong winter storm hit U.S. Northeast Wednesday with heavy snow and icy rain, CBS News reported.

The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings for parts of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine, according to the report.

Governors of Maine and Virginia respectively declared statewide emergencies.

In New York, Governor Eliot Spitzer activated elements of the state Army National Guard to assist in removing the massive amounts of snow in Oswego County on Lake Ontario and to prepare for other missions as needed.

Washington DC, Philadelphia and the New York City are expecting a combination of snow and freezing rain.

In Connecticut, Bradley International Airport was shut down and all 632 state plows were scraping down highways and putting down salt as sleet and freezing rain lashed the state.

Before roaring into the Northeast, the storm battered the Midwest Tuesday and caused at least 6 deaths.

In Indiana, some 4,173 households remained without power early Wednesday.

United and American airlines have canceled up to half their Wednesday flights at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, Illinois, while most flights were called off at Indianapolis, Indiana.

According to weather forecasts, parts of the U.S. Northeast are expecting some one-meter of snow for the day.

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