The Weather Channel's Eric Fisher reports from Lewiston, Maine, where snow is rapidly accumulating. The winter storm, which traveled from Texas up through the Midwest, is threatening to dump up to 2 feet of snow on parts of the Northeast.
By Tracy Connor and Alastair Jamieson, NBC News
A winter storm?swept into the Northeast on Thursday, where it was expected to bring up to two feet of snow, drenching rain, possible flooding ? and a new round of travel headaches.
By mid-morning, more than 850 flights had been canceled, and more than 5,500 were delayed, according to FlightStats.com.
That was down from the previous day, but still frustrating for thousands of passengers stranded at airports.
At Philadelphia International Airport, assistant principal Tomorrow Jenkins was desperate to get to Orlando, Fla., where her high school?s band was slated to perform at a Rutgers University bowl game Friday.
Her flight had been delayed and canceled, and she missed a connection. ?I?m a little anxious,? she told NBCPhiladelphia.com at the airport, where dozens of flights were scrapped on Thursday.
Passengers on a Southwest Airlines jet bound for Florida from Long Island faced an unexpected wait after the Boeing 737 went off the runway and got stuck in the grass. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters said officials were investigating if wet weather was a factor in the mishap, which caused no injuries.
An American Airlines flight that landed safely in Pittsburgh on?Wednesday night got stuck in snow for about two hours on the tarmac, the Associated Press reported.?
The Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, where all flights had been grounded until Wednesday afternoon after the storm passed, still had two dozen cancellations on the board.
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A passenger who had been stuck on a plane at the gate there for three hours on Christmas night recorded an American Airlines pilot apologizing for the situation.
?I've made more personal phone calls than I know what to do with,? the pilot said in an audio recording obtained by WFAA-TV.
?I've spent my last quarter, to be honest with you. It's beyond reproach. I have no words to tell you... to tell you how sorry I am. This is way above our heads... by people that obviously, in my humble opinion, don't have a clue what they're doing,? said the pilot.
The airline said in a statement that the weather caused delays in de-icing and that it was only being safe.
The weather system, which developed just before Christmas, has already spawned twisters, high winds, icy roads, and record snowfall in the nation?s midsection, where it was blamed for a dozen deaths.
On Thursday, it was set to bury the eastern Great Lakes and Northeast in up to 16 inches of snow.
Showers and thunderstorms will hit the Southeast while residents in the Northeast can expect snow over the weekend. The Weather Channel's Kelly Cass reports.
?The heaviest snow will fall from western New York through the Adirondacks into Vermont, New Hampshire and northern Maine,? Weather Channel meteorologist Michael Palmer told NBC News.
By daybreak, towns from Pennsylvania to western New York were blanketed in white.
Coudersport, Pa., and Walworth, N.Y, each got socked with 15 inches of snow, and there was about a foot on the ground in Smith Crossroads, W.V.; Frostburg, Md., Woodford, Vt.; and Port Huron, Mich., the National Weather Service reported.
Where there isn?t snow, there will be rain: From coastal New Jersey into southeast Massachusetts, localized urban flooding is possible with minor to moderate coastal flooding.
In New Jersey, flooding and high winds forced the closure of parts of Brick Township, local officials told the Weather Channel's Mike Seidel.
On one of the busiest travel days of the year, bad weather has forced airlines to cancel or delay flights. NBC's Katy Tur reports.
Across most of the country, it will be colder than normal as arctic air dominates.
The storm also left freezing temperatures in its aftermath, and forecasters said parts of the Southeast from Virginia to Florida saw severe thunderstorms.
The Weather Channel's?Michael Palmer and?The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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