Fast-moving storm moves East, chilling states from Missouri to Maine
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| New York
罢丑别听听补苍诲听聽braced for another round of wintry weather on Saturday as a massive storm spanning more than 1,000 miles promised heavy聽snow, slick roads and travel delays.
Even before聽snow聽began piling up, airlines reported weather-related delays and cancellations, with major airports in聽,听, Washington, D.C., and聽,听聽scrubbing dozens of flights, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and FlightStats.com.
The fast-moving聽snow聽storm will hit states from聽听迟辞听, with southeastern states drenched by steady rainfall.
The storm will "produce a pretty good swath of聽snow聽over about a 24 hour period," said聽, a meteorologist with the聽.
The heaviest accumulation was expected in central聽,听聽state and interior聽, which could see between 4 and 8 inches of聽snow. Mountainous areas and parts of聽聽could be walloped by a foot of聽snow.
More than 110 million people across the Midwest and along the聽聽will be affected, said AccuWeather 尘别迟别辞谤辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟听.
"Snow聽will fall on and impact every major city and rural area from聽听迟辞听, including聽,听,,听, Pittsburgh,听听补苍诲听聽City," he said.
The same region was slammed a week ago by another massive storm system that left parts of the聽聽shoveling out from a half-foot of聽snow.
Utility companies across the region put extra crews on duty and made preparations for possible outages.
聽for a second Saturday issued a聽snow聽alert and prepared plows and salt spreaders to clear snowy, icy roads.
The brunt of bad weather will hit through Saturday with the system moving out of the area by Sunday, AccuWeather said. Slushy conditions on Sunday could freeze in cold evening temperatures.