More than 1,500 flights cancelled in US due to snow

Snow is seen piled up on the field before the Pinstripe Bowl NCAA college football game (Adam Hunger/AP)

More than 1,500 flights have been cancelled or delayed across the north east and Great Lakes regions of the US due to snow as thousands took to roads and airports during the busy period between Christmas and New Year.

New York City received about 4in (10.2cm) of snow on Friday night into early Saturday — slightly under what some forecasts had predicted.