Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays

A mix of snow and ice bore down on the U.S. Northeast early on Saturday, disrupting post-holiday weekend airline traffic and prompting officials in New York and New Jersey to issue weather emergency declarations even as the storm ebbed by mid-morning.



People in much of the Northeast were advised to stay off the roads because of treacherous conditions, with states of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey.



"The safety of New Yorkers is my top priority, and I continue to urge extreme caution throughout the duration of this storm," New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement.



By early Saturday, about 6 to 10 inches of snow had fallen across an area from Syracuse in central New York to Long Island in the southeast of the state, as well as Connecticut



New York City received two to four inches of snow overnight, with 4.3 inches reported at Central Park, the most since 2022.