A powerful winter storm is whipping the U.S. Northeast with high winds and crashing surf while quickly piling up snow on the country’s major transportation routes. Hundreds of flights have been canceled and thousands of residents left without power.
New York City had reports of 8 to 11 inches of snow in places, with Central Park getting at least 5.3 inches by early Saturday morning, said Dominic Ramunni, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Upton, New York on Long Island. The storm could start winding down in the city through the afternoon, but temperatures will remain frigid and wind chills could make readings feel closer to zero degrees Fahrenheit or colder.
“We are getting into the fourth quarter of the storm for the New York City area,” Ramunni said by telephone.
