Snow wreaks havoc on East Coast, causing commuter chaos and leaving at least 7 dead

[Stuart G]

Source: Yahoo News./ABC News.

A fall snowstorm wreaked havoc on the East Coast, stranding New York City commuters, canceling more than 7,000 flights, knocking out power to more than 300,000 residents and forcing children to stay at school overnight.

The rough weather has contributed to at least seven deaths in the U.S., The Associated Press said.

In Connecticut, a man was shoveling snow off his car on Interstate-95 when another car spun out of control and hit him, the state police said

The snow, sleet and rain caused chaos on roadways across the Northeast, especially during the evening commute.

New Jersey State Police said they responded to over 500 crashes on Thursday while Maryland State Police said they responded to over 400 crashes.




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[iluvtennis]

1. Wow, so much tragedy over the last several weeks.

[BigmanPigman]

2. People in NYC had to sleep in their cars...It was like a parking lot.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/winter-storm-northeast-slammed-with-early-snow-latest-weather-forecast-live-updates-2018-11-15

"We didn't have a fall, so it's too cold right now," Macey Decker, of Pennsylvania, told CBS New York.

Winter storm fast facts
Storm-related deaths: 8 (2 in Mississippi, 1 in Indiana, 1 in Ohio, 3 in Arkansas and 1 in Maryland)
Power outages in the Northeast: approximately 189,916 (across five states: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania)
Snowing across Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire
Storm spans about 911 miles wide
Winter officially begins Dec. 21
1,300 flights throughout the U.S. canceled
Some 5,500 flights delayed"

[Farmer-Rick]

5. How could someone have died from the snow in Mississippi and Arkansas, Kentucky even got snow

Yet here in East TN we didn't get a drop of snow and we have had 2 beautiful sunny days. Mother nature left us out. Very weird weather.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Gov Brown says, "This is the new abnormal".

We are in Climate Change and "normal" is history. Expect the unexpected.

[DeminPennswoods]

3. Ice and wet snow here in western PA

Lots of broken trees and tree limbs down and many power outages.

[SergeStorms]

4. Western New York....

started as sleet for 2-3 hours, then wet, heavy snow. About 6-8 inches altogether. Too much, too soon.