Travel chaos as deadly storm hits north-east US
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Cars and pedestrians navigate a snowy street on Dec 27, 2012 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The US north-east was battered by heavy snow and strong winds on Thursday as a mighty storm carved a violent arc across several states, killing more than a dozen people and snarling holiday travel. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A bundled up pedestrian walks down Main St on Dec 27, 2012 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. A serious winter storm that caused tornados in the South on Christmas Day swept across the North-east on Thursday, bringing snow, sleet, rain and causing dangerous travel conditions. -- PHOTO : AFP / GETTY IMAGES / MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
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A truck drives past some discarded, snow-covered furniture on Dec 27, 2012 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. A serious winter storm that caused tornados in the South on Christmas Day swept across the North-east on Thursday, bringing snow, sleet, rain and causing dangerous travel conditions. -- PHOTO : AFP / GETTY IMAGES / MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
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A lone cyclist navigates the bike path through a snow storm at Chicago's North Ave beach on Thursday, Dec 27, 2012. A muted version of the deadly winter storm that has killed more than a dozen across the eastern half of the country reached the North-east on Thursday, limiting most of its wrath to travel headaches as Christmas revelers tried to return home. -- PHOTO : AP
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A snow removal truck clears a road near Montreal, on Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 during the first major snowstorm of winter in the region. -- PHOTO : AP
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Michael Donaldson (left), and Michael Lane work on clearing away damage done to the home of John Templeton in Centreville, Mississippi on Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012. Templeton said there were four people at home at the time of the storm, all were unharmed after seeking shelter in the basement. More than 25 people were injured and at least 70 homes were damaged in Mississippi by the severe storms that pushed across the South on Christmas Day, authorities said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO : AP
Cars and pedestrians navigate a snowy street on Dec 27, 2012 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The US north-east was battered by heavy snow and strong winds on Thursday as a mighty storm carved a violent arc across several states, killing more than a dozen people and snarling holiday travel. -- PHOTO: AFP
A bundled up pedestrian walks down Main St on Dec 27, 2012 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. A serious winter storm that caused tornados in the South on Christmas Day swept across the North-east on Thursday, bringing snow, sleet, rain and causing dangerous travel conditions. -- PHOTO : AFP / GETTY IMAGES / MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
A truck drives past some discarded, snow-covered furniture on Dec 27, 2012 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. A serious winter storm that caused tornados in the South on Christmas Day swept across the North-east on Thursday, bringing snow, sleet, rain and causing dangerous travel conditions. -- PHOTO : AFP / GETTY IMAGES / MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
A lone cyclist navigates the bike path through a snow storm at Chicago's North Ave beach on Thursday, Dec 27, 2012. A muted version of the deadly winter storm that has killed more than a dozen across the eastern half of the country reached the North-east on Thursday, limiting most of its wrath to travel headaches as Christmas revelers tried to return home. -- PHOTO : AP
A snow removal truck clears a road near Montreal, on Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 during the first major snowstorm of winter in the region. -- PHOTO : AP
Michael Donaldson (left), and Michael Lane work on clearing away damage done to the home of John Templeton in Centreville, Mississippi on Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012. Templeton said there were four people at home at the time of the storm, all were unharmed after seeking shelter in the basement. More than 25 people were injured and at least 70 homes were damaged in Mississippi by the severe storms that pushed across the South on Christmas Day, authorities said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO : AP
NEW YORK (AFP) - The US north-east was battered by heavy snow and strong winds on Thursday as a mighty storm carved a violent arc across several states, killing more than a dozen people and snarling holiday travel.
More than 3,000 flights have been cancelled since Christmas Day including 746 on Thursday, as the storm wreaked havoc from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes before heading north-east, according to tracker FlightAware.
In New York City, high winds caused major air traffic delays - 186 flights were cancelled outright at the three major airports - Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark.
"Winter weather has arrived for many parts of the state, so as a precaution we have opened the emergency operation centre to coordinate response efforts using all state and local resources," New York governor Andrew Cuomo said.
