About 1,400 US flights were canceled early Sunday after a severe winter storm swept the northeastern United States the day before, amid expectations of calmer weather Sunday.
Several US states have declared a state of emergency due to the storm that formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Carolinas. Snow was expected to continue into Sunday morning as it moved north into Maine, according to Archyde.com.
According to the FlightAware website, which monitors air traffic, the total number of canceled flights within the United States, within or outside the United States, amounted to about 1,400 flights as of 10:30 AM EST (1530 GMT).
The data also showed that about 647 other flights related to the United States were postponed.
Also, more than 200 flights have been canceled since early Sunday at each of New York City’s LaGuardia and JFK International Airports and Boston Logan International Airport.
Snow and strong winds
It is noteworthy that the severe winter storm on Saturday dropped more than 60 centimeters of snow on some areas, while causing strong winds, which led to the cancellation of thousands of flights and prompted the governors of Rhode Island and other states to impose restrictions on access to roads.
New York Governor Kathy Hochhol told WCBS television on Sunday that the town of Islip on Long Island, New York, was the worst-hit in the state.
In turn, the National Weather Service revealed that the weather is expected to be calmer across the east coast of the United States on Sunday.