Blinding snow whipped up by powerful winds pummeled the eastern US in the early hours of this morning, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people.
Major cities such as New York and Boston bore the brunt of the blizzard, which the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed had intensified into a "bomb cyclone" - characterized by the explosive power of rapid drops in atmospheric pressure.
Snowfall in Boston equaled the one-day record of nearly 60 cm set in 2003, the NWS said, while the town of Sharon, 29 kilometres to the south, had recorded the highest snowfall by 8.30pm Saturday with more than 76 centimetres.
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2022/0130/1276712-cyclone-snow-easternus/
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