A winter storm brought heavy snowfall to the Great Lakes region and parts of the northeastern United States from the evening of the 26th to the early morning of the 27th. The roads were icy, causing travel disruptions and power outages in some areas.
Data from the flight tracking website FlightAware shows that on the morning of the 27th, more than 3,000 flights within the United States were delayed and nearly 700 were cancelled. Three major airports in the New York metropolitan area were the most affected, with Boston's Logan International Airport also reporting flight disruptions. According to data from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), flights to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport were delayed by an average of about two hours on the morning of the 27th.
The National Weather Service said that snow was still falling in the New York metropolitan area and northeastern New Jersey before dawn on the 27th, and the snowfall in other parts of the Northeast had begun to weaken.
According to statistics from the US power tracking website PowerOutage.us, in Michigan, snow and ice caused downed trees and damaged power lines, causing more than 30,000 homes and businesses to lose power on the 27th. (CCTV reporter Xu Dezhi)