Northeastern United States December 13 Storm
| City | Snowfall Amounts |
|---|---|
| Bloomingburg, NY | 10.9 in (26 cm) |
| Boston, MA | 10.5 in (26 cm) |
| Penn Yan, NY | 10 in (25 cm) |
| Binghamton, NY | 9.5 in (24 cm) |
| Waterbury, CT | 8.4 in (21 cm) |
| Montrose, PA | 8.3 cm (21 cm) |
| Emporium, PA | 8 in (20 cm) |
| Goshen, NY | 7.3 in (19 cm) |
As the system moved northeast towards New England and New York on December 13, several delays were reported across several airports while 200 flights were canceled at Newark International Airport and 450 at Boston Logan International Airport. Numerous accidents on several Interstate Highways were reported across Connecticut forcing at times the partial or complete closures of portions of certain highways. In Monroe County, New York, which includes the city of Rochester, the emergency dispatch center received 1,800 calls for collisions but no serious injuries were reported. During the worst of the storm double-trailer rigs and propane tankers were banned from Interstate 90 in western Massachusetts. There were no weather-related fatalities reported across the Northeast for this storm system.
Schools and government offices from Massachusetts to New Jersey and Pennsylvania were closed early or for all day, and locally some students were stranded for a few hours at various schools particularly in the Boston area where there was criticism over the management of the storm. In Providence, RI, students who had been dismissed early were stranded on school buses for up to eight hours. The storm did not affect professional sporting, as the National Hockey League game between the New Jersey Devils and the Boston Bruins went ahead as scheduled in Boston despite a game attendance of about 1500 at TD Banknorth Garden.
Read more about this topic: Mid-December 2007 North American Winter Storms
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