Another round of snowy weather has hit the eastern United States, killing at least two people. Source: AAP
ANOTHER round of snowy weather has hit the eastern United States, killing at least two people, disrupting thousands of flights and hurting travel plans for people trying to return home from the Super Bowl in New York.
The snow neared 20cm in Philadelphia and New York on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
By late afternoon, the flight-tracking website FlightAware reported more than 4300 flights delayed and 1900 cancelled nationwide in cities including Philadelphia, Newark, New Jersey and New York.
Inbound flights to Newark, LaGuardia and Kennedy airports were delayed two to three hours because of snow and ice.
At least two deaths and one serious injury were blamed on the storm.
In Kentucky, a 24-year-old man died on Sunday when his car skidded into a plough.
On Monday, a 73-year-old New York City man was fatally struck by a backhoe that was moving snow.
A 10-year-old girl was in serious condition after she was impaled by a metal rod while sledding north of Baltimore.
Government offices, courts and schools closed in parts of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia; scattered power outages were reported throughout the region.
Another storm is likely to hit the same region beginning Tuesday night, bringing a combination of rain, freezing rain and snow, said Gary Szatkowsi, a weather service meteorologist in New Jersey.
