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-- The major snowstorm that pelted much of the Northeast will taper off Thursday but still many schools and government offices and even some airport runways could remain closed.
On Wednesday the National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings that stretched from the southern Appalachian mountains to coastal Massachusetts. All of those warnings were due to expire early Thursday morning.
Even though that storm only stayed for a day, it caused major issues in some areas. And some areas received record snowfall, according to the National Weather Service.
In New York's Central Park, a record 12.3 inches of snow fell Wednesday, beating a day record set in 1871, the weather service said.
Newark set a record 11 inches and Philadelphia also set a record 14.2 inches, the weather service said.
In Philadelphia, schools and administrative offices were to be closed Thursday as Mayor Michael Nutter declared a snow emergency.
Federal employees and most schools in Washington ended business early on Wednesday and public schools and most government offices would also stay closed Thursday, officials said.
Snow was falling about an inch an hour in Washington, D.C., Wednesday and was expected to total six inches.
Runways were closed at Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport in the D.C. area Wednesday evening, said Rob Yingling, spokesman for Metro Washington Airports Authority.
"The intense snow has really been going since late afternoon and it wasn't too long after that that aircraft activity trailed off dramatically and then subsequently the snow got so heavy that we had to close the runways while we continued plowing them with our snow team," Yingling said.
Early Thursday morning the Washington Post reported that Dulles International airport had reopened one runway.
New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Airport were closed and scheduled to reopen Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Also in New York, all transit bus service was suspended until further notice, the Metropolitan Transit Authority said early Thursday.
The Boston area was also expected to get 8 to 12 inches during the storm, forecasters said.
Public schools were canceled in Boston and Providence Thursday, officials said.
American Airlines/American Eagle spokesman Ed Martelle said the two airlines cancelled at least 280 flights for Wednesday and at least 65 more are cancelled for Thursday between Washington, D.C., and Boston.
United cancelled 276 flights Wednesday and cancelled at least another 71 for Thursday, and Continental cancelled 322 flights Wednesday and at least 108 more for Thursday, Christen David, spokesman for both airlines said Wednesday.
Southwest Airlines canceled more than 100 flights Wednesday in the Northeast, said spokeswoman Brandy King.
The snow made for dangerous situations on roadways for many and in Maryland Wednesday Gov. Martin O'Malley urged people to not drive.
"This is a serious traffic hazard and challenge," O'Malley said at a press briefing from the state's operation center in Hanover.
Maryland officials said 1,600 maintenance workers and 1,400 pieces of equipment would be on the roads all night battling the the storm.
The storm also left thousands in the dark Wednesday.
Early Thursday morning, 192,758 people were without power in the D.C. areas of Montgomery County and Prince George's County, said Pepco, a local electric service provider.
Dominion, another energy company, said 128,006 customers without power in northern Virginia.
