Six dead, 2,000 flights canceled and chaos on the roads as winter storm moves northeast towards New England

The gigantic storm system that has killed six and wreaked havoc across the South and the nation's mid-section is now making its way northeast, as heavy snow and high winds force the cancellation of 324 flights today. Post-Christmas travelers had their travel plans ruined yesterday as more than than 1,770 flights were cancelled. The National Weather Service forecast 12 to 18 inches (30.5 to 46 cm) of snow for northern New England today as the storm moved northeast out of the lower Great Lakes, where it dumped more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow in parts of Michigan. Snow will fall in northern New York, Vermont and New Hampshire at up to 2 inches (5 cm) an hour, with winds gusting to 30 mph (48 km per hour), the weather agency said. The storm front was accompanied by freezing rain and sleet. The Ohio River Valley and the Northeast were under blizzard and winter storm warnings. It comes after as many as 34 winter twisters battered the South, declaring states of emergency in eight Mississippi counties with more than 25 people reported injured, 280,000 people left without power and 70 homes left damaged.

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