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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A winter storm that has blasted the U.S. Northeast with snow, rain and gusty winds was likely to dump a foot (30 cm) or more of snow on parts of New England before heading out to sea on Thursday.
The first major snowstorm of the season forced much of the population to obey stay-at-home coronavirus orders, but also disrupted travel, possibly including distribution of the new COVID-19 vaccine.
By early Thursday morning, the storm had dumped more snow on New York City than all of last year’s winter storms combined, the National Weather Service said.
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The snowstorm approaching the region Wednesday qualifies as a norâeaster, according to the definition used by government forecasters and private weather services like AccuWeather.com and Weather.com, the website of the Weather Channel.
The National Weather Service describes a norâeaster as a storm along the U.S. East Coast with winds typically from the northeast. Typically, these are winter snowstorms, though they can develop at any time of the year. But they are encountered most frequently from October through March.
The word ânorâeasterâ usually conjures up images of streets blanketed in heaps of snow and power lines defeated by intense winds.
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Snowy Blast Causes Havoc on the Roads
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A major winter storm swept through the Mid-Atlantic on its way to the Northeast, bringing heavy snow, freezing rain and dangerous driving conditions.
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A winter storm barreled into the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeast on Wednesday and continued into Thursday with forecasters predicting up to two feet of snow in places.CreditCredit.Mark Makela/Getty Images
The fast-moving winter storm that barreled through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast on Wednesday and Thursday created hazardous road conditions in the affected areas.