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U.S. NEWS Friday 16 November 2018

Snowstorm slows evening commute in New York City

NEW YORK (AP) — The first er’s side, coming to rest
snowstorm of the season to in an interstate median,
hit the New York City area Mississippi Highway Patrol
brought several inches of spokesman Capt. Johnny
snow, slowing Thursday’s Poulos said. The crash hap-
evening commute to a pened about 35 miles (55
crawl, after contributing to kilometers) southeast of
at least seven deaths as it downtown Memphis, Ten-
swept across the country. nessee.
From St. Louis to the South “All of a sudden the bus
and into the Northeast, started swerving then it
snow, freezing rain, and in spun around two times, hit
some parts, sleet, made the rail and then flipped
driving tricky and closed over,” bus passenger Ve-
schools Thursday. ronica Love told news out-
In New York City, the wet lets as she left a hospital af-
snowfall and wind gusts ter the wreck. “The second
Thursday downed numer- spin, it started picking up
ous tree branches. Police speed. It was, I mean, what A couple take shelter under an umbrella from snowfall in front of a mural while another man walks
advised people to stay in- could you do?” past them in lower Manhattan on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, in New York.
doors and avoid the roads. Later Wednesday night, Associated Press
Commuters also were ad- near Little Rock, Arkansas, to the International Space The unmanned Cygnus Eastern Shore carrying sup-
vised to avoid the Port Au- three people were killed Station had to be resched- cargo craft is now sched- plies and research materi-
thority Bus Terminal - which in separate crashes on uled by one day because uled to lift off early Friday als for the astronauts at the
is also used by some to icy roads. The interstate of the weather, NASA said. from Wallops Island on the space station.q
travel to New Jersey - due was closed and reopened
to overcrowding. The poor shortly before daybreak
weather made it difficult Thursday, but officials said
for buses to reach the ter- traffic was slow-going be-
minal, officials said. And a cause some drivers had
multi-vehicle accident on fallen asleep.
the George Washington Officials in Ohio reported
Bridge added to the traf- at least one traffic death
fic nightmare. There were that was likely weather-
scattered delays on the related. Indiana State Po-
Long Island Rail Road and lice also reported a death
New Jersey Transit reported early Thursday, which they
30-minute delays system said was caused by the
wide. Flight delays of up 60-year-old woman driving
to an hour were reported too fast on a slick road.
at JFK, LaGuardia and In Philadelphia, a meteo-
Newark airports. Forecast- rologist told the Allentown
ers said the snow should Morning Call that this storm
turn to mostly sleet and is “an overperformer.” By 3
rain before changing to p.m. Thursday, parts of sub-
rain overnight. As much as urban Philadelphia had 5
8 inches (20 centimeters) inches of snow. The freez-
of snow blanketed the St. ing rain turned to ice on
Louis area, and forecasters roads around the state,
predicted up to 6 inches leading to a number of
(15 centimeters) in parts crashes and reports of cars
of southern New England sliding off roads.
as the storm made its way In North Carolina, the Na-
east. They also predicted tional Park Service closed
northern New Jersey could a portion of the Blue Ridge
see 4 to 8 inches of snow Parkway to traffic Thursday
before the system exits the because of dangerous
region early Friday, while road conditions stemming
parts of suburban Philadel- from snow, sleet and freez-
phia had 5 inches (12 cen- ing rain, the Asheville Citi-
timeters ) of snow by Thurs- zen Times reported .
day afternoon. Schools closed or sent stu-
In neighboring Mississippi, dents home early across
a tour bus bound for a ca- the lower Great Lakes and
sino overturned, killing two the Northeast, including at
people and injuring 44 oth- the University of Connecti-
ers Wednesday afternoon. cut where classes were
Witnesses said the driver canceled in the afternoon.
lost control after crossing In Virginia, the planned
an icy overpass and the launch early Thursday of an
bus rolled over on its driv- unmanned cargo rocket