Winter storm causes thousands of flight cancellations in eastern US

• ‘Bomb cyclone’ threatens up to 18in of snow from Carolinas to Maine
• Governor Andrew Cuomo declares state of emergency in New York City

A severe winter storm has enveloped much of the US east coast, delivering frigid temperatures, snow, strong winds and coastal flooding that has led to the cancellation of thousands of flights and the looming prospect of power outages.

Related: 'Bomb cyclone': schools close as snowstorms hit US east coast

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