Hundreds of flights have been canceled at New York’s major airports as a significant winter storm descends on the city and neighboring regions.
New York City and surrounding areas are in line to get 6 to 9 inches (15 to 23 cm) of snow, with a winter-storm warning in effect between 4 p.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday, local time, according to the National Weather Service. The heaviest snowfall will occur from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight, with as much as 1-2 inches an hour.
More than 1,700 flights across the US had been canceled as of 3:12 p.m. ...