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Hong Kong flights to US east coast to resume after deadly winter ‘bomb cyclone’ affects thousands
With the worst of the storm easing on Friday, airports across the American seaboard gradually reopened
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Flights from Hong Kong to New York were set to resume on Saturday after a deadly winter storm battered the east coast of the United States and Canada over the past couple of days and resulted in travel cancellations, delays and diversions.
With the worst of the storm easing on Friday, airports across the American seaboard gradually reopened.
Up to 5,000 people on flights to and from Hong Kong to New York and Boston were affected, based on the number of seats offered on the routes. The disruptions had a knock-on effect for airports elsewhere in the US and Canada on Thursday and Friday.
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The “bomb cyclone” – as the deadly storm was called – was forecast to bring hurricane-force winds, as much as 46cm of snow in several states and wind chills as brutal as minus 40 degrees Celsius this weekend. It forced the closure of schools and offices as well as grounding thousands of flights and halting ground transport systems. At least five people have been reported dead so far.
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At the height of the storm, blizzard warnings and states of emergency were in effect, and wind gusts hit more than 113km/h in some places.
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