Flights cancelled and state of emergency declared as huge snowstorm hits New York

Snow blanketed Brooklyn in New York on Saturday. More than half the state was placed under a state of emergency ahead of a snowstorm (Picture: Shutterstock)

Thousands of flights have been cancelled after a powerful winter storm left a thick blanket of snow across New York City, causing chaos for travellers on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

Passengers were braced for severe disruption as some 1,500 flights were axed across the northeastern US on Friday night.

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