A major winter storm that has brought some of the coldest temperatures of the season covered a large swath of the U. S. in snow as it wreaked havoc on air travel and caused slick road conditions throughout New England Sunday.
BOSTON — A major winter storm that has brought some of the coldest temperatures of the season covered a large swath of the U. S. in snow as it wreaked havoc on air travel and caused slick road conditions throughout New England Sunday.
Nearly 5,000 flights were canceled Sunday around the country, with Boston Logan Airport being one of the hardest hit, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking company. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings or advisories for part or all of at least 15 states stretching from southeast Missouri to the northern tip of Maine.
The storm was caused by the clash of an Arctic high pressure system with a low pressure system coming through the Ohio Valley, said National Weather Service meteorologist Dan Hofmann.
« It happens that this one is going through a relatively high population area, » Hofmann said.
Parts of northern New England could see up to 2 feet of snow, which will be followed Sunday night by bitter cold and wind chills as low as 35 below zero in parts of Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.
