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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 14 March 2017
Staring down the barrel of nor’easter, region preps for snow

23-year-old Trenton, New cellor Angela Merkel to
Jersey, resident said she postpone her trip to Wash-
expects to get Tuesday off ington for her first face-to-
work. face meeting with Presi-
“It’s a reminder that win- dent Donald Trump. Merkel
ter is always ready to take had been scheduled to
shot at you, so you have arrive late Monday night
to stay prepared,” she for meetings with Trump on
said. “We’ve got food and Tuesday. The White House
snacks and drinks, so as said the meeting was re-
long as the power stays scheduled for Friday.
on we should be in good Baltimore is expected to
shape.” get 8 to 12 inches.
The heaviest snowfall was The storm also changed
expected Tuesday morn- plans for some teams com-
ing through the afternoon, peting in the NCAA tourna-
with snowfall rates as high ment: Villanova, the top
as 2 to 4 inches per hour. overall seed in the men’s
Coastal flood warnings tournament, left Philadel-
were in effect from Massa- phia early to get ahead of
A snow plow passes a sign at a garden supply store along in Alexandria, Va., Monday, March 13, chusetts to Delaware. the storm. As the East Coast
2017, in preparation of an East Coast snow storm. The mid-Atlantic is preparing for a late-season Boston could get 12 to prepared, the Midwest was
storm that is expected to bring significant snowfall to much of the region. Crews are already pre- 18 inches, with isolated hit with snow, forcing a
treating roads around the region in anticipation of snow that’s expected to start falling Monday amounts of up to 2 feet number of flight cancella-
evening. across northeastern Massa- tions. In Chicago, the fore-
(AP Photo/Cliff Owen) chusetts. cast called for 3 to 6 inches
DEEPTI HAJELA ed. snow and dangerous road In Philadelphia, where up of snow, the city’s first sig-
Associated Press Travel was sure to be dis- conditions,” de Blasio said. to a foot of snow could fall, nificant snowfall since mid-
NEW YORK (AP) — Sand- mal: About 5,000 Tuesday The storm comes a week crews began treating some December.
wiched between days that flights were canceled as after the region saw tem- area roadways on Sunday. Southern portions of Minne-
felt like spring last week and of late Monday afternoon , peratures climb into the Farther south in the nation’s sota got more than 9 inch-
the official start of spring Amtrak canceled and 60s. Spring officially starts capital, where the National es of snow in some areas.
next week, a “life-threat- modified service up and on March 20. Cherry Blossom Festival is In Michigan, utility crews
ening” nor’easter is poised down the Northeast Cor- Bank teller Jana White said scheduled to start Wednes- worked in the snow to re-
to bring a reminder that ridor and motorists were her plans for riding out the day, snow accumulations store power to those still
winter isn’t over yet, with urged to stay off the roads. storm include “lots of hot of 6 to 8 inches were ex- without electricity following
blizzard conditions and a In New York City, the chocolate and a couple pected. high winds that hit the state
blanket of heavy snow ex- above-ground portions of of sappy movies.” The That led German Chan- on Wednesday.q
pected in the mid-Atlantic the subway system were
and Northeast. being shut down from 4
Meteorologists were calling a.m. Tuesday. Connecticut
for snowfall totals as high Gov. Dannel P. Malloy im-
as 20 inches in New York posed a statewide travel
City from the storm’s start ban beginning at 5 a.m.
late Monday through Tues- The forecast prompted
day evening. The National early decisions to close
Weather Service warned schools on Tuesday in New
that blizzard conditions of York City, Philadelphia, Bos-
wind gusts over 35 mph ton and many places in
and low visibility would ex- between.
tend from the Philadelphia New York City Mayor Bill de
area to Maine. Blasio urged residents to
The weather service’s office avoid unnecessary travel
near Philadelphia called and help keep the roads
the storm “life-threatening” clear. “We’re preparing
and warned people to for a significant storm on
“shelter in place.” Coastal Tuesday, and New York-
flooding was also predict- ers should also prepare for

Impending nor’easter forces

brief delay in Hernandez trial

BOSTON (AP) — An im- Tuesday due to the weath-
pending nor’easter is forc- er and the trial will resume
ing a brief delay in the dou- Wednesday.
ble murder trial of ex-NFL Forecasters say the
star Aaron Hernandez. nor’easter could bring
The Suffolk County District about two feet of snow
Attorney’s Office says tes- and high winds to the cen-
timony will be suspended tral part of the state.q