Flights cancelled as blizzard hits North East US

LARGE parts of the Northeastern United States lay buried under several feet of snow after a blizzard wreaked havoc across large parts of the country causing a state of emergency to be declared in some areas.

The powerful “nor’easter” storm battered coastal New England with strong wind gusts and dumped more than two feet of snow on some areas, severely curbed road and air travel and cut power to thousands of customers.

The storm’s impact could be felt across the Atlantic as dozens of flights to and from New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington were cancelled in Dublin and London.