New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo imposed a ban on all local and state roads across the city of 8.4 million residents, Long Island and crossings west to New Jersey from 2:30 pm (1930 GMT).
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Cuomo says Metro-North, the Long Island Rail Road and above-ground parts of the subway system will shut down at 4 p.m.
REUTERS/Shannon StapletonWorkers shovel snow during a snowstorm at Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 23, 2016. The situation is getting worse. Ten people have died so far, mostly from auto crashes during the storm.
Cuomo says New Yorkers should stay inside Saturday and avoid driving.
City and state officials said the ban applies to all motor travel except for government or medical emergency vehicles.
More than 700 flights have been canceled for Saturday at LaGuardia Airport, while about 450 have been canceled at John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to the Port Authority.
There have reportedly been more than 1,000 traffic accidents and 800 disabled vehicles on Virginia roads. Three New York City deaths were attributed to the blizzard. Jones said that an “extremely high” tide and strong winds “really pushed the water up from the ocean onto the streets”. In Kentucky, thousands of motorists became stranded overnight on a backup along a 35 mile (56 kilometer) ice-slickened stretch of Interstate 75, and remained trapped on the road early Saturday.
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Pennsylvania: Cars and buses were stuck on a westbound portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Breezewood and New Stanton, State Police Capt. Brian Milore told CNN. A total of 600 members of the National Guard are on standby, he said. Almost 95,000 people were without power in the state, emergency officials said on Twitter.
