Winter storm lashes eastern US

Mark Swigart, 41, uses a leaf blower to remove snow from the sidewalks along Grandview Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

A powerful storm dumped heavy rain and snow over much of the eastern United States on Tuesday, threatening to snarl travel plans for millions of people over the busy Thanksgiving holiday, forecasters said.
The Atlantic coast into New England will be drenched with 2 to 4 inches of rain by late Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, as the storm moves northeast out of the South, said the National Weather Service. on Tuesday
The windswept rain will pound the Atlantic corridor from Richmond, Virginia, as far north as Portland, Maine, likely causing poor visibility, flight delays and urban flooding, said online forecasters Accuweather.com.The Thanksgiving holiday is one of the nation’s busiest travel times. Some 39 million travellers are expected on the roads between Wednesday and Sunday, cantering on Thanksgiving Day, travel group AAA has said.
‘The timing of the storm could not come at a worst time,’ said Alex Sosnowski, Accuweather.com senior meteorologist.
Snow on the flanks of the rainstorm is likely to cause travel delays in Boston, Columbus, Ohio, Pittsburgh and Buffalo, New York, while the storm’s wind-driven rain will slow travel from Atlanta to New York, Accuweather.com said.