A lingering winter storm has prompted a second-straight day of school closings, flight cancellations and reduced Metro-North rail service in Connecticut.
Snow and sleet are falling on the East Coast — from North Carolina to New England — a day after sleet, snow and ice bombarded the Southeast.
Metro-North has announced a reduced schedule for the morning commute.
Downtown Atlanta remains largely shut down, a day after a rare winter storm stranded workers at their jobs and students at their schools.
Snow blowers whirred and shovels scraped across sidewalks on Wednesday as the Northeast tried to keep up with a winter storm that swirled up the coast, creating blizzard conditions on Cape Cod, disrupting government work in Washington and leaving behind bitter cold that sapped fuel supplies.
Thousands of flights were canceled, students got an extra day off from school or were being sent home early, and the federal government closed its offices in the Washington area Tuesday as another winter storm bore down on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
With a winter storm bearing down on the state, Governor Malloy has asked for staggered release of nonessential state workers.
More than 200 accidents were reported in Connecticut as a winter storm slammed the region and potentially record-breaking cold temperatures are on the way.
Towns and cities in Connecticut are setting up emergency warming centers, for people who lose their heat during the storm and frigid weather.
Airfields at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport have been cleared of snow and operations have resumed, but many airlines canceled flights because of the winter storm that slammed the Northeast.