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New York (AP) - Slippery roads and sleet caused several deaths in a severe winter storm in the northeastern United States.
According to police, two people died in a mass accident on Interstate Highway 80 in the state of Pennsylvania with up to 60 vehicles.
A 19-year-old died in Virginia on Wednesday morning after his vehicle went off the slippery road.
In western Pennsylvania, a 63-year-old man was hit by an evacuation vehicle with a snow blower on Wednesday and succumbed to the injuries.
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The snowfall had started in some coastal states late Wednesday afternoon (local time).
A day later, meteorologists measured 50 centimeters of fresh snow for parts of Pennsylvania.
In the metropolis of New York, 16 centimeters of fresh snow was measured in Central Park until one o'clock on Thursday morning with persistent snowfall - more than the twelve centimeters that had fallen there in the entire winter of the previous year.
On Thursday, the storm moved further to the northeast, most of the streets around the metropolis were cleared in light, persistent snowfall.
For the New England states further north, around 35 centimeters were announced.
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The website Poweroutage.us reported power outages in around 70,000 households in the northeastern United States on Thursday morning - a rather low figure compared to similar weather conditions in the past.
School authorities had announced that the usually proclaimed free snow days will not be available this year due to virtual lessons in the corona pandemic.
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