NEW YORK: A major winter storm that has already dropped more than a foot of snow across the Northeastern United States and killed an elderly Pennsylvania woman was expected to pound inland areas with potential blizzard conditions on Tuesday.
The storm cancelled flights across the region and halted some subway service in New York City on Monday, dumping 27 inches (68 cm) of snow in areas of New Jersey and Pennsylvania and 17 inches (43 cm) in New York City.
Police in Allentown, Pennsylvania, said that a 67-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease was found lying dead in the snow on Monday after wandering away from her home.
“The increasing winds could result in near blizzard conditions due to blowing and drifting of the snow,” the National Weather Service (NWS) said in its forecast for Tuesday.
“This storm will be slow to depart as the main storm centre becomes nearly stationary off the southern New England coast (and) expands its influence across the Northeast,” the weather service said.
Some areas of the New England coast, which saw a mix of snow and rain on Monday, were forecast by the NWS to see up to 15 inches (38 cm) of snow on Tuesday as the storm moved north.
Early predictions had called for the storm to bring up to two feet of snow to New York City in recent years, the most since a record-breaking blizzard dumped 27.5 inches (70 cm) on the city in 2016. — Reuters
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