Power outages darken Thanksgiving for more than 400,000: Nor’easter forces the cancellation of more than 700 flights and creates hazardous highways in holiday travel misery

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Power outages darken Thanksgiving for more than 400,000: Nor’easter forces the cancellation of more than 700 flights and creates hazardous highways in holiday travel misery

Wintry storm has created Thanksgiving travel misery for tens of millions of people across the East Coast
By Wednesday evening 6.7 inches of snow fell in Albany, New York, breaking a single-day record
Power outages are mounting as heavy, wet snow topples trees and brings down power lines
National Weather Service: ‘Most snow ever measured in Towanda on any November day, since 1895’
Worst of the wintry weather set to be over in time for New York’s City Macy’s parade
Airlines drop ticket-change fees for people flying in and out of the Northeast
Defense Department said it would open unused military airspace for commercial flights through Sunday
By MAILONLINE REPORTER

More than 400,000 people have woken up without power on Thanksgiving morning as a nor’easter causes chaos across the East Coast and forces the cancellation of more than 700 flights in holiday travel misery.
Snow fell in every state from Virginia to Maine as Winter Coast Storm Cato hit its peak – by Wednesday evening 6.7 inches of snow fell in Albany, New York, breaking a single-day record.
In Towanda, Pennsylvania Wayne Vanderpool, National Weather Service Co-Op Observer, reported that he measured 11.2 inches of snow, ‘with it still snowing lightly.’ He said it was ‘the most snow ever measured in Towanda on any November day, since records began back in 1895,’ reports the Daily Review.
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Powerlines and a tress rest in the street in Pittsfield, Mass. More than 400,000 people have woken up without power on Thanksgiving morning as a nor’easter causes chaos across the East Coast and forces the cancellation of more than 700 flights in holiday travel misery

Powerlines and a tress rest in the street in Pittsfield, Mass. More than 400,000 people have woken up without power on Thanksgiving morning as a nor’easter causes chaos across the East Coast and forces the cancellation of more than 700 flights in holiday travel misery
Eight-year-old Blandy Angel Martinez, from left, Brandon Lugo, 9 and Justin Nieves, 11, make snowballs while playing in the snow near their home in Hazle Township near Hazleton after a coastal winter storm covered the area with over 9 inches of snow

Eight-year-old Blandy Angel Martinez, from left, Brandon Lugo, 9 and Justin Nieves, 11, make snowballs while playing in the snow near their home in Hazle Township near Hazleton after a coastal winter storm covered the area with over 9 inches of snow….MORE HERE