In the eastern part of the United States, heavy snow and strong winds mixed with snow blow due to the effects of a rapidly developing low pressure system, and in Pennsylvania, an accident involving more than 60 cars has killed three people so far. did.
In the United States, due to the effects of a rapidly developing low pressure system, it began to snow from the 16th, mainly in the eastern part, and in some places, it became a stormy weather with strong winds exceeding 15 meters.
By the morning of the 17th, US meteorological authorities said the amount of snow was 81 centimeters in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and 25 centimeters in Manhattan, New York.
At Times Square in Manhattan, there was less traffic, but there were people taking commemorative photos in the snow and snowmen wearing masks.
According to ABC TV, the heavy snow caused an accident involving 66 passenger cars and other vehicles on a highway in Pennsylvania, killing three people so far.
In addition, on the 17th, more than 300 flights were canceled, mainly flights to and from airports in New York, Boston, and Washington, DC.
According to the meteorological authorities, it will snow until the afternoon of the 17th in some areas, and the temperature will continue to be low, so caution is being called for freezing of the road surface.