More than 600,000 homes and businesses without power as 32 inches of snow falls on US east coast

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More than 600,000 homes and businesses without power as 32 inches of snow falls on US east coast

Summary

There are "near impossible" travel conditions in New York today, a state agency warns, as a major storm hits the US east coast

Parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts have seen over 32 inches (83cm) of snow fall, with over 19 inches in New York's Central Park, the National Weather Service says

Winter storm warnings stretch from North Carolina to northern Maine, with warnings also in place in parts of eastern Canada

More than 5,600 flights into and out of the US have been cancelled

Over 600,000 homes and businesses are without power with New Jersey and Massachusetts the worst hit

In New York City, the snow is shin-deep and trees have fallen across streets, Brandon Livesay reports

Time-lapse footage shows the Empire State Building engulfed by snow overnight by the storm

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[NewHendoLib]

1. I still remember clearly the blizzard of 1978, when I was stranded in Providence in the Rhode Island College Chemistry

Building lounge. It hit in February - we had 36 inches of snow in our location - I didn't make it home for nearly a week - and had to walk it! The sofas were NOT comfortable.

[2naSalit]

2. Live coverage...

Ryan Hall, updates about the power issues regularly. For those who might be interested.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Whoa!! I hope that they have no issues w/ electric etc. When we had our earlier big snow, they were cautioning us

to watch our electric use here (STLMO)...

[FemDemERA]

4. Yikes, that is a lot of snow.

Hope people are checking in on their neighbors, especially the elderly and disabled.

[Bayard]

5. Jeebers!

Stay safe, DU'ers. Hope you had plenty of supplies.