According to the governor, the hardest-hit state was Pennsylvania, where 849,000 customers were without electricity at one point.
Cory Angell (Spokesman for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency) said that, the figure was just over 625,000.
According to the local power companies, in all, over a million Northeast home and business were cut off.
According to the FlightAware.com, Throughout the United State, 2,893 flights were canceled on Wednesday.
FlightAware.cam said that, In the Northeast, roughly half the departing flights were canceled out of Network Liberty International, LaGuardia in New York and Boston’s Logon International.
According to the Andrew Cuomo (New York Governor), We have a salt shortage for some parts of the state, primarily New York City and the Long Island area, because there have been so many storms this season already. The state does have a significant amount of salt on hand. We’ll be shipping that salt around the state.
According to the Joe Dee (spokesman for the state Department of Transportation), We have had so many storms, one after another, that it definitely has put a very signification demand on salt.
Joe Dee (spokesman for the state Department of Transportation) said, As of January 26, New Jersey had spent $60 million on snow removal, putting it on track to break the record of $62.5 million spent last year.
According to the Connecticut State Police, More than 300 traffic accidents were reported on major roadways and side streets in the state, though there were no fatalities.
According to the officials, the same storm system earlier claimed the life of a woman in a Chicago suburb, who died after being struck in a parking lot on Wednesday morning by a pickup truck fitted with a snowplow.
According to the Weather Service, This is likely the coldest air mass we’ll see in Colorado for 2014.
U.S: Northeast Area Fights With Winter Storm, Thousand Air-Flights Canceled
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