Spring Snow Storm Slams US Northeast

New York, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Mar, 2018 ) :A fourth snow storm in three weeks slammed the US Northeast on Wednesday, canceling flights, closing schools and shutting Federal offices on the second day of spring.

Winter Storm Toby dumped seven inches (18 centimeters) of snow on New York, the US financial capital, by 8pm (0000 GMT Thursday), significantly less than originally forecast with the storm to taper off overnight.

It remained unclear if the storm, which had been expected to pummel parts of New York with more than a foot of snow, would exceed the springtime blizzard that brought 10 inches in April 1915. The National Weather Service warned against wind guests of 40 miles per hour (64 kilometers per hour), with power outages and downed trees possible in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Predictions of heavy snow saw New York's state governor, up for re-election, declare a state of emergency in and around the city. But more than 4,400 flights within, into or out of the United States were cancelled, including a majority at Newark and LaGuardia, two of New York's three area airports, and half at John F.

Kennedy International and Philadelphia. Forty percent of flights were canceled at Washington's Reagan National Airport, the FlightAware website added. In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio urged employers to let staff go home early with the snow expected to quickly accumulate after 4:00 pm (2000 GMT) and reach "blizzard-like conditions."