A weekend storm dropped temperatures below zero in the Midwest and dropped heavy snow on parts of the Northeast on Sunday, leading to numerous airport delays and slick roads as the Pacific Northwest braced for… For more rain After days of floods and mudslides.
The storm began Saturday and dumped several inches of snow in the New York-New Jersey metro area, the region’s first significant snowfall of the season. Light snow is falling in parts of New England. The storm is expected to weaken by Sunday night, followed by arctic conditions with cold overnight temperatures reaching or falling below zero (-18 degrees Celsius).
Crews and contractors were out to plow and treat roads in New Jersey, where the state Department of Transportation advised people to avoid non-essential travel. The New York City Department of Sanitation posted online that salt spreaders and plows worked through the night to clear snow from roads and bike lanes. Pennsylvania temporarily reduced speed limits on highways to 45 mph (72 km/h).
More than 1,000 flights were delayed and more than 100 flights were canceled at US airports due to the weather, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
Meanwhile, a wave of arctic air swept south from Canada into parts of the northern U.S., and the National Weather Service in Chanhassen, Minnesota, said Sunday was the coldest morning of the season so far. The temperature was -10 degrees (-23 degrees Celsius) at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, with temperatures as low as -22 (-30 degrees Celsius) in some communities.
In the Pacific Northwest, which witnessed Catastrophic floods Meteorologists said that the hurricane, which forced thousands of people to evacuate, was expected to bring more rain and winds in the region late Sunday.