The death toll from a powerful winter storm that pushed through the US midsection into the Northeast has risen to 12.
Officials in Indiana say a man and a woman were killed when the scooter they were riding went out of control on a snowy street on Wednesday and they were hit by a pickup truck.
Other deaths include a man checking on a disabled vehicle who was struck and killed in Pennsylvania and two people killed in crashes in Virginia.
The storm was dumping snow on parts of the Northeast a day after it caused more than 1,600 flight cancellations and frustrated holiday travelers. The National Weather Service forecast 12 to 18 inches (30.5 to 46 cm) of snow for northern New England as the storm moved northeast out of the lower Great Lakes, where it dumped more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow in parts of Michigan.
The storm front was accompanied by freezing rain and sleet. The Ohio River Valley and the Northeast were under blizzard and winter storm warnings.
About 200 US airline flights scheduled for Thursday were canceled a day ahead of time, according to FlightAware.com, a website that tracks flights.
American Airlines had the most cancelled at about 30. A total of about 1,500 U.S. flights were canceled on Wednesday. New York state activated its Emergency Operations Center late on Wednesday to deal with the first major storm of the season.
Governor Andrew Cuomo warned the heads of seven utilities they would be held accountable for their performances. Utilities near New York City were criticized for lingering outages after Superstorm Sandy devastated the region in October.
Despite the weather, no flights were delayed on Thursday morning in cities like New York, Philadelphia and Boston. The coast was seeing mostly cold rain, not snow.
Officials in Indiana say a man and a woman were killed when the scooter they were riding went out of control on a snowy street on Wednesday and they were hit by a pickup truck.
Other deaths include a man checking on a disabled vehicle who was struck and killed in Pennsylvania and two people killed in crashes in Virginia.
The storm was dumping snow on parts of the Northeast a day after it caused more than 1,600 flight cancellations and frustrated holiday travelers. The National Weather Service forecast 12 to 18 inches (30.5 to 46 cm) of snow for northern New England as the storm moved northeast out of the lower Great Lakes, where it dumped more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow in parts of Michigan.
The storm front was accompanied by freezing rain and sleet. The Ohio River Valley and the Northeast were under blizzard and winter storm warnings.
About 200 US airline flights scheduled for Thursday were canceled a day ahead of time, according to FlightAware.com, a website that tracks flights.
American Airlines had the most cancelled at about 30. A total of about 1,500 U.S. flights were canceled on Wednesday. New York state activated its Emergency Operations Center late on Wednesday to deal with the first major storm of the season.
Governor Andrew Cuomo warned the heads of seven utilities they would be held accountable for their performances. Utilities near New York City were criticized for lingering outages after Superstorm Sandy devastated the region in October.
Despite the weather, no flights were delayed on Thursday morning in cities like New York, Philadelphia and Boston. The coast was seeing mostly cold rain, not snow.