Blizzard buries eastern US as New York bans travel – as it happened

DAYBOR O.GEORGE January 24, 2016

From the deep south to New YorkCity, much of the eastern United States is either digging out or being buried by a powerful winter storm.

State agencies reported that nine people died in the storm this weekend, most in traffic accidents.
White out conditions, high winds, drifting snow and power outages are forecast to continue along the eastern seaboard, through Saturday night.
Officials have extolled the public to stay off the road because of the slippery, snowy conditions that led to hundreds of accidents from Tennessee to the nation’s capitol northwards.
The storm is likely one of the single largest snow events on record. In New York City, it could be one of the five worst snowstorms – ever.
Officials in New York, America’s most populous city, shut down transit, roads, bridges and tunnels, urging businesses and Broadway theaters to shutter for the evening.
The Jersey shore and coastal Maryland are anxiously awaiting the next high tide cycle and a full moon, that could bring coastal flooding. So far, coastal flooding has been mild to moderate.
Southeastern states, such asKentucky and Tennessee, arebeginning to dig out from more than a foot of snow. Drivers stuck on the busy I-75 interstate in Kentucky finally started moving Saturday afternoon.