A powerful snowstorm affects U.S. east coast – video and news

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A powerful storm approached on Friday the U.S. east coast, threatening to record levels of snow in a region heavily dependent on supplies of oil and natural gas to keep operating the heating in homes.

Predictions are that fall between 50 and 76 inches of snow and blizzard conditions are expected from Virginia to southern New Jersey, which led to government offices in Washington to close its doors four hours earlier.

President Barack Obama, who previously made fun of reactions in Washington to drop small amounts of snow, now is not taking the storm lightly.

“I think even a person who moved from Hawaii to Chicago has enough respect for a prognosis of two feet (61 centimeters) of snow,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.

“And being from Alabama, I’m happy to report that I will be off the road and observe all trying to drive,” Gibbs joked with reporters.

The national museums and the zoo will be closed on Saturday in Washington.

The news of the storm led to the closure of schools and created long lines at supermarkets as residents stocked up on food and other products ahead of the traditional weekend of the Superbowl.

Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia declared snow emergencies. The declarations allow states to turn to the bodies of emergency, such as the National Guard to prepare for winter front and deal with its results.

The huge wrap frontal system to the cities of Baltimore, Washington DC and Philadelphia in an intense blizzard with snow, while rainfall will lead to parts of the Southeast, including North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

Cold weather helped boost the natural gas market in New York to its highest levels of the season, where prices reached about $ 11.50 per million British thermal units, more than $ 4 price on Thursday.

Low temperatures were set in the wake of the storm over the northwestern United States, the biggest heating oil market in the world and the Midwest, a huge shopping in natural gas demand.

The airlines began to cancel their flights planned for Friday evening to Saturday’s three major air terminals of the Washington-Baltimore area.

 

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