The first day of spring has been marked with snowfall in the eastern US.

The calendar says it's the first day of spring, but for much of the Northeastern U.S. it feels more like winter.

New York City was expected to get up to 15 cm of snow, according to meteorologists.

Nearly 1,000 U.S. flights were cancelled, with the heaviest hit airports in the New York area, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., according to FlightAware.com.

Even after the storm ends late yesterday, a weather pattern from the Great Lakes is expected to aim for northern New England. Mountain ranges in upstate New York, Vermont and Maine are expected to see heavy snow.

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