U.S. Northeast buried under 60 cm of snow, leaving many roads deserted and inaccessible

BOSTON — A howling storm across the U.S. Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in up to 3 feet (0.9 metres) of snow Saturday, stranding drivers on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn’t open their doors. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity.

Airlines cancelled more than 5,300 flights through Saturday.