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East braces for more snow as travel snarls across U.S.

By Danielle Haynes
Heavy snow blankets tombs and trees on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, March 5, 2015, in Arlington, Virginia. With up to eight inches expected from the storm, the federal government and schools have closed down, as roads and highways begin to get treacherous. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI
1 of 11 | Heavy snow blankets tombs and trees on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, March 5, 2015, in Arlington, Virginia. With up to eight inches expected from the storm, the federal government and schools have closed down, as roads and highways begin to get treacherous. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo

WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. East Coast is bracing for another round of winter weather Thursday from a storm that dumped snow on the mid-Atlantic and South, canceling and delaying thousands of flights across the country.

Up to 19 inches of snow fell in parts of Kentucky, and West Virginia and Arkansas also saw significant accumulation early Thursday. Even Dallas had several inches of snow, the most the city has seen in the month of March in 68 years.

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The winter storm, dubbed Thor by the Weather Channel, has led to 4,598 flight cancelations and 2,973 delays in the United States on Thursday as of about 5 p.m. EST, according to FlightAware.com. Most of those cancelations have been at New York's LaGuardia Airport, where a Delta Airlines jet skidded off the runway, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport.

Over the past 14 days, some 22,500 flights have been canceled in the United States.

Meanwhile, more snow is expected Thursday night all along the East Coast, including parts of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York.

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The storm should be out over the Atlantic Ocean by Thursday night, though travel may still be affected Friday. An influx of arctic air behind the storm could refreeze areas of standing water or slush late Thursday.

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