Northeast Buried by Winter Storm, Thousands of Flights Affected

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"The number of flight arrivals and departures canceled from Wednesday to Friday due to the winter storm grew to 4,337 Thursday, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. Play FacebookTwitterGoogle PlusEmbed Deadly Winter Storm Pummels the Northeast 2:54 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blogA doorman in New York City died while shoveling snow as a powerful winter storm socked the Northeast Thursday, causing blizzard conditions and leading to the cancellation of thousands of flights. Fourteen inches of snow were observed by weather service spotters in New Fairfield, Connecticut. Over ten inches of snow were recorded at New York`s LaGuardia Airport, and a foot fell in Boston, according to the National Weather Service. Blizzard conditions occurred in Providence, Rhode Island, as well as in Boston and Cape Cod, where 8 inches of snow fell, the weather service said.