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Blizzard kills two, grinds US northeast to halt
View(s):NEW YORK, Feb 09 (AFP) – A ferocious snowstorm pummeled the northeastern United States for a second straight day Saturday, killing at least two people, bringing transportation to a halt and cutting off power to at least half a million customers.
A woman walks through snow during the winter storm (Reuters)
The storm dumped more than a foot and a half (about 46 centimeters) of snow on New York state and Connecticut, severing power and transport links for tens of millions of people.
Massachusetts, which was due to bear the brunt of the blizzard, was forecast to get up to two feet of snow.
Airlines canceled more than 3,000 flights on Friday. New York, one of the world’s busiest air travel hubs, was cut off from the skies as snow and wind led airlines to suspend all operations at LaGuardia, Newark Liberty and John F. Kennedy International airports.
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