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Northeast US braces for icy storm fury

Shanghai Daily, February 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

A winter storm was bringing its fury to the United States Northeast yesterday, causing the cancellation of flights, classes and major court cases a day after it dumped up to half a meter of snow on the Chicago area.

The weather system moved slowly eastward through into Pennsylvania, New York state and then into the northern region of New England. There residents were celebrating the New England Patriots football team's Super Bowl victory just days after digging out from a massive storm that brought from up to 1 meter of snow to some areas.

More than 5,300 flights have been canceled over Sunday and yesterday due to the storm, according to flight tracking service FlightAware.

The snow storm was expected to deepen off the southern New England coast, bringing accumulations up to 40.6 centimeters to Boston.

In New York state, a winter storm warning is out for more than 20 counties.

The Philadelphia area received about 2.5 centimeters of snow before the precipitation changed over to rain.

In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that residents should be ready for a snowy and icy commute. The city may get up to 10 centimeters of snow and ice is possible.

Winter will be sticking around for at least six more weeks, according to yesterday's forecast provided by groundhog Punxsutawney Phil who emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania and saw his shadow.

According to legend, seeing his shadow means six more weeks of winter, while not seeing his shadow means cold weather is on its way out.