Winter storm that has killed at least 8 people as it marches across the U.S. expected to hang on stubbornly through Tuesday, further disrupting travel plans in the Northeast
"Our message out to New Yorkers is that we really urge you to stay off the roads if possible," Deanne Criswell, commissioner of the New York City Emergency Management Department, said Monday afternoon.
Hundreds of takeoffs and landings were canceled at Northeastern airports on Monday, 350 of them at the big three New York-area airports. More than 100 were canceled at Boston Logan Airport, which preemptively canceled 62 arrivals and departures in anticipation of difficult conditions on Tuesday. Nearly 75,000 homes and businesses were without power in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Monday night, more than half of them in New Jersey.Ben Garver / The Berkshire Eagle via AP
"The business is great, especially at this time of the season," said Edwin Perez, the operator of a landscaping and snow plowing business in Springfield, Massachusetts, where 8.5 inches of snow was on the ground.of Springfield, saying he'd already plowed more than 30 homes and expected to have more calls Monday night.
"It's great to have a big snowstorm on December 1st," he said."I wasn't expecting it, and I still have 27 more customers to go."There was much more snow in other parts of Massachusetts: 20 inches in Plainfield, 17.5 in Williamstown, 15.5 in Hancock and 14 in Ashfield. As much as 8 more inches was expected in western parts of the state through Tuesday, forecasters said.
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