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Huge snowstorm in the Northeast forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights and closes schools
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Huge snowstorm in the Northeast forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights and closes schools

  • By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, CLAIRE RUSH, JULIE WALKER and ADAM GELLER - Associated Press
  • Updated

A massive snowstorm is pummeling the northeastern United States, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures. The storm hit the metropolitan Northeast as accumulations from an earlier snowfall had just melted away, except for gray mountainous piles in parking lots and along the side of roads. Officials have declared emergencies from Delaware to Massachusetts, and hundreds of thousands of people are grappling with power failure from downed electrical lines. Even as digging out began, the National Weather Service warned Monday that perilous conditions could persist.

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US weather, Mexico security concerns and halt of Global Entry take a toll on air travel

  • By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and RIO YAMAT - AP Business Writers
  • Updated

Severe winter weather across the northeastern United States, a partial government shutdown and security concerns in parts of western Mexico made air travel challenging Monday. Thousands of U.S. flights were canceled or delayed on the East Coast as a powerful snowstorm upended routines in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and other major cities. Airlines also suspended or adjusted service to destinations in and around Mexico’s Jalisco state as violence erupted in the aftermath of a senior cartel leader’s killing. Travelers with Global Entry memberships faced potentially longer wait times upon arriving in the U.S. as well after the Department of Homeland Security temporarily halted the program, which gives pre-approved individuals an expedited way to clear immigration and customs.