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March 14 (UPI) -- Transportation services in the northeastern United States will slowly begin to resume after a half-million travelers were interrupted by the nor'easter that put down several inches of snow from Washington to New England.
The late winter storm led to the cancellations of nearly 9,000 flights this week, more than 6,000 of which came along Tuesday with the storm. The analytics firm FlightAware said more than 900 flights have been scrapped for Wednesday, but that airlines will resume normal operations Thursday.
The storm passed through the northeast and began to dissipate Tuesday afternoon, leaving several areas under several inches of snow and tens of thousands of people without electricity.
Most power outages were concentrated in Massachusetts, but others were reported in New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maine and New York state. The largest disruption hit Worcester, Mass., where officials said more than 20,000 people were affected.
Millions remained under a winter storm or blizzard warning Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. Officials declared states of emergency in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Amtrak on Tuesday announced a modified schedule to handle after-effects of the storm for Wednesday, which includes resumption of New York City service between both Boston and Washington, D.C. Transit services in New York and New Jersey announced similar modified schedules.
A number of schools in the storm's path are also expected to resume operations on Wednesday.
Tuesday, one town in Connecticut had collected 13 inches of snow, Newark, Del., reported 4 inches, the New York hamlet of Endwell saw 23 inches and Agawam, Mass., measured 10 inches. Nearly a foot of snow fell in Binghamton, N.Y., in four hours and more than 4 inches fell in Central Park.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy issued a statewide travel ban that began at 5 a.m. Tuesday and ordered all non-essential first- and second-shift state employees to not report to work.
The U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., canceled votes for Tuesday and are scheduled to meet again late Wednesday.
Transportation officials in Virginia reported wet roads -- and even some flooding was reported in New Jersey.
Gov. Chris Christie said NJ Transit has suspended all bus services because of the storm. Officials in New Jersey also closed state offices for all non-essential employees on Tuesday.
"During these threatening conditions, I urge all New Jerseyans to remain off the roads so our first responders and public safety officers can safely and efficiently handle emergency situations," Christie said.
Cities will now mobilize to remove large amounts of snow in the storm's aftermath. New York City said its anticipated removal costs surpass $35 million.
