Thanksgiving travelers faced travel delays and disruptions as a powerful early-season snowstorm hit the Northeast.
Parts of Upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania received over a foot of snow, with High Point, New Jersey reporting 20 inches, Cortez, Pennsylvania receiving 19 inches, and Franklin, New York having 17.1 inches on the ground.
Interstate 84 near Scranton, Pennsylvania came to a standstill due to heavy snow covering the roads and reducing visibility.
Winter weather caused air travel disruptions at Greater Binghamton Airport in Johnson City, New York, as well as delays and cancellations at major airport hubs in New York, Boston, and Washington.
Wilkes Barre and Binghamton recorded some of their heaviest November snowfall tallies on record, leading to extensive power outages in the area.
More than 125,000 power outages were reported in New York and Pennsylvania due to falling trees, with utility companies working to restore the majority of outages by the weekend.
Winter weather alerts were in place for several states, with some areas under Blizzard Warnings along the Appalachian Mountains.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported aircraft delays of 1 to 2 hours in the Northeast, with improvements expected on Saturday despite gusty winds and residual precipitation causing some travel delays.
Precipitation was expected to ease record-breaking drought conditions and reduce the wildfire threat in the region.
Over 7 inches of snow was reported near the deadly Jennings Creek Fire along the New Jersey-New York border.
Following the storm, the coldest air of the season was forecast to move south from Canada after Thanksgiving, bringing below-average temperatures across the country.
Travelers heading home would experience colder weather, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
