Blizzards hit east coast of America

Hundreds of salt-spreading trucks fanned out across New York City today as the region’s first major winter storm of the season threatened to drop up to 18 inches of snow, blanketing a wide swath of the Northeast US and New England.

Power was knocked out to hundreds of homes in New Jersey, flights were cancelled at airports from Boston to Washington DC, and speed limits were lowered because of the wet, snowy conditions.