New England braces for Blizzard
A worker clears snow form the steps of Lincoln Center in New York, Jan. 26, 2015. As millions of residents in the Northeast prepared for a powerful blizzard bearing down on the region, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced that all subway and bus service in New York City would stop at 11 p.m.
People look out from office building windows as snow falls in downtown Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. The Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor of more than 35 million people began shutting down and bundling up against a potentially history-making storm that could unload a paralyzing amount of snow.
Crystal, a golden retriever, dashes through the snow as she gets away from Danielle Reid, who was walking dogs with her mom, at Revere Beach in Revere, Mass., Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. New England is bracing for a blockbuster blizzard threatening more than 2 feet of snow, hurricane-force winds, coastal flooding and widespread power outages.
Francisco Mathurine, of the Times Square Alliance, clears snow from the steps in Father Duffy Square in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Officials cautioned Northeast residents to not be misled by a relatively smooth Monday morning commute, and pressed their cautions to prepare for a "crippling and potentially historic" storm that could bury communities from northern New Jersey to southern Maine in up to 2 feet of snow starting later in the day.
Commuters create circles on the snowy sidewalk as they wait along Broadway in New York, Jan. 26, 2015. As millions of residents in the Northeast prepared for a powerful blizzard bearing down on the region, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced that all subway and bus service in New York City would stop at 11 p.m.
Karen Barker, center right, and her daughter, Grace Barker, 13, wait in line to see if they will be able to board a rescheduled flight to Texas at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Across the Northeast corridor, more than 1,000 flights have been canceled because of a nor'easter that began moving in Monday morning.
A man spreads salt on a sidewalk in New York, Jan. 26, 2015. As residents in the Northeast braced for a blizzard set to sweep across the region, states announced travel bans and the suspension or reduction of public transit, thousands of flights were grounded, and officials urged people to leave work early before heavy snow and high winds would make travel treacherous.
Pedestrians make their way through driving snow in midtown Manhattan in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. More than 35 million people along the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane-force winds and 1 to 3 feet of snow that could paralyze the Northeast for days.
A man strolls on a walking path at Liberty State Park, with the Statue of Liberty in the distance, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Jersey City, N.J. The Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor of more than 35 million people began shutting down as a monster storm, that could unload a paralyzing 1 to 3 feet of snow, moved through the northeast.
Rick Caso, center, watches as his son Andrew sleds down a hill, with One World Trade Center obscured in the background, at Liberty State Park, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Jersey City, N.J. The Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor of more than 35 million people began shutting down as a monster storm, that could unload a paralyzing 1 to 3 feet of snow, moved through the northeast.
A plane is de-iced at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Airlines canceled thousands of flights into and out of East Coast airports as a major snowstorm packing up to 3 feet of snow barrels down on the region.
A man skis in Prospect Park, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Cities from Boston to New York and Philadelphia began shutting down Monday against a monster storm that could unload up to 3 feet of snow on a region of more than 35 million people.
Fat snow flakes fall outside Grand Central Station Monday afternoon in New York, Jan. 26, 2015. As residents in the Northeast braced for a blizzard set to sweep across the region, states announced travel bans and the suspension or reduction of public transit, thousands of flights were grounded, and officials urged people to leave work early before heavy snow and high winds would make travel treacherous.
Brandon Bybee, left, and Cory McKenrick, second from left, talk with a ticket agent to try and move up their flight to Illinois in order to beat an expected snow storm at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Airlines canceled thousands of flights into and out of East Coast airports as a major snowstorm packing up to 3 feet of snow barrels down on the region.