Storm blankets US north-east in snow as millions face ‘disruptive’ winter weather

More than 2,300 flights cancelled as schools and offices shuttered and parts of the north-west under an avalanche warning

US winter weather is wreaking havoc coast to coast, with more than 90 million people affected by potentially hazardous weather from Thursday and into Friday.

More than 2,300 flights were canceled in the US on Friday morning. Schools and offices in the north-east were shuttered, by a fierce overnight snowstorm, if not only by the Omicron coronavirus surge, and parts of the north-west were under an avalanche warning.