But he called the snowstorm a blessing for bringing good moisture to the winter wheat.
That forced the cancellation of another flight, possibly between two cities not even affected by the snowstorm.
The snowstorm arrives in the mid-Atlantic region after pummeling Chicago and the Midwest.
About 650, 000 customers in the Northeast lost power during the height of the snowstorm, most of them in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
French soldiers were mobilised to help workers restore electricity to about 80, 000 homes in the country's north-east, left without power after the snowstorm.
The snowstorm measuring systems take into account the size of the snowstorm, the amount of snow and how many people were in its path.
The snowstorm also slowed road traffic to a crawl, with snow blocking a number of motorways across northern France including those from Paris to Lille and Paris to Metz.
The snowstorm turned out to be a welcome one to many Kansans and many others throughout the Great Plains, who have been suffering a drought for a third straight year.
The snowstorm sweeping through the region brought with it echoes of Superstorm Sandy, if not in intensity, in the dread of residents waiting to see what a new storm would bring.
The fun has already started in parts of Kansas and Nebraska, with the snowstorm expected to roll over the Great Plains between interstate highways 70 and 80, according to CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis.
In New York, hundreds of cars got stuck on the Long Island Expressway on Friday afternoon at the beginning of the snowstorm and dozens of cars remained disabled early Saturday as police worked to free them.
In New York, hundreds of cars began getting stuck on the Long Island Expressway on Friday afternoon at the beginning of the snowstorm and dozens of motorists remained disabled early Saturday as police worked to free them.
At least five deaths in the U.S. were blamed on the snowstorm, including an 11-year-old boy in Boston who was overcome by carbon monoxide as he sat in a running car to keep warm while his father shoveled Saturday morning.
The team reserved hotel rooms in Cleveland in case their plans were changed thanks to the massive snowstorm that hit the Northeast this weekend.
Connecticut suffered greatly in 2011 from the effects of Tropical Storm Irene and the October snowstorm which left over two feet on the ground and downed thousands of trees that Irene kindly spared.
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Last month there was the huge snowstorm, and this month we might see some of the reverse effects of that.
The last major snowstorm to hit the mid-Atlantic, in January 2011, was dubbed "snowmageddon", dumping about 5in of snow in Washington DC and 7.5in in Baltimore.
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At least four deaths in the U.S. were blamed on the overnight snowstorm, including an 11-year-old boy in Boston who was overcome by carbon monoxide as he sat in a running car to keep warm while his father shoveled Saturday morning.
At least four Colorado ski resorts reopened for the weekend after a snowstorm earlier in the week, and four others were still open for the season.
But the great 2013 northeastern snowstorm has brought the issues of fair competition and unsavory practices to the fore, where they will remain long after the ice melts.
Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storm and snowstorm in the counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem.
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Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storm and snowstorm in the counties of Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Major, Noble, Roger Mills, Washita, Woods, and Woodward.
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With the exception of a rare October snowstorm in the Northeast, slopes in the region weren't pelted with snow until this month.
The wind-whipped snowstorm mercifully arrived at the start of a weekend, which meant fewer cars on the road and extra time for sanitation crews to clear the mess before commuters in the New York-to-Boston region of roughly 25 million people have to go back to work.
While it's spring on the calendar, a snowstorm is bearing down on the Northeast after dumping from 7 to 15 inches of snow from Colorado to the Midwest.
"The last time we had a big snowstorm across the East Coast was back in October, " when fall foliage was still on the trees, said CNN Meteorologist Rob Marciano.
The weekend before the voting there was a huge snowstorm, and the candidates and their operatives were marooned in hotel suites in Manchester, fidgeting.
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