Winter weather batters both US coasts
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New Englanders braced for an even more potent mix of snow and freezing rain and a Sierra Nevada storm packing heavy snow shut down an interstate.
Winter weather battered both U.S. coasts Saturday as New Englanders braced for an even more potent mix of snow and freezing rain through the weekend and a Sierra Nevada storm packing heavy snow shut down a stretch of interstate and briefly knocked out power to tens of thousands in Reno, Nevada.
Winter storm warnings and watches were in effect throughout the Northeast, and icy roads made for hazardous travel as far south as North Carolina.
The National Weather Service said it was a "major winter storm" that would continue into Sunday evening, with up to a foot of snow in parts of New England and pockets of rain/freezing rain in the central Appalacians.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she expected two-thirds of her state to get 8 inches of snow or more, "fortunately missing some of our more populated areas downstate, the Long Island and New York City."
"If they get anything beyond rain, it'll be just a wintry mix of 1 to 2 inches, but really for our Southern Tier ... it's going to be the first major snowstorm of the year and we're ready for it," she told Spectrum News.
