![]() Hurricane hunters collecting storm data on both coastsĪs the nor’easter swept through the Northeast and a separate atmospheric river system hit the Pacific coast, hurricane hunters with the US Air Force Reserve collected data that could improve future forecasts for the regions. The department also issued a 40 mph speed restriction on Interstate 90, which stretches through the state. States deployed teams of plows and other emergency response vehicles, including the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, which said it sent 1,813 pieces of equipment to respond to the storm and treat roads. In New Hampshire, state troopers responded to more than 200 crashes and vehicles that had traveled off the road, New Hampshire State Police said in a tweet. Officials throughout the affected region warned drivers to take extra precautions or avoid snow-covered or icy roads. More than 2,000 flights within, into or out of the United States were canceled Tuesday, and more than 6,000 additional flights were delayed, mostly connected to airports in the Northeast as the storm plowed through the region, according to tracking site FlightAware.Īirlines including Delta, American, United, Southwest, JetBlue and Spirit have issued travel waivers or flexible rebooking policies for passengers whose flights were impacted by the winter weather. Utility repair crews in Albany, New York, caravan during Tuesday's storm. “Please be mindful of the increased danger for injuries and heart attacks when shoveling heavy-wet snow,” the National Weather Service cautioned Tuesday. Firefighters and police officers used chainsaws and shovels to free the child, who was brought to a hospital with minor injuries. In Derry, New Hampshire, a falling tree struck and trapped a child who’d been playing near a parent who was clearing snow Tuesday afternoon, the city fire department said. The nor’easter – a type of storm that travels along the Eastern Seaboard and brings winds from the northeast – disrupted daily life across swaths of the region, creating treacherous or impossible to navigate road conditions and creating hazards for those trying dig out of the snow. Additional outages are possible Wednesday as strong winds threaten to break snow-loaded tree limbs and down power lines, CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam said. More than 193,000 residents and businesses in the Northeast were without power as of Wednesday morning, according to utility tracker, down from about 250,000 outages reported overnight.
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