ALBANY (AP) -- Eastern New Yorkers are in for a messy morning commute after enjoying smooth sailing for most of the winter.
The National Weather Service has a winter storm warning in effect until 6 p.m. Thursday for eastern New York, with 8 to 16 inches of snow expected across the southern Adirondacks and 6 to 12 inches in the Mohawk Valley and Lake George-Saratoga region.
Snow and ice was blamed for an accident that killed one person and injured at least four others in the Hudson Valley town of Newburgh shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday when a car spun out and struck another on Route 32.
National Grid moved 15 utility crews into eastern New York Wednesday and the state had 1,700 plow trucks out with 200 more in reserve.
Most schools in eastern New York are closed or delaying the start of classes as the region's first major storm of the year continues to dump snow on areas that have already received up to 10 inches.
The storm is hitting an area stretching from the Mid-Hudson Valley northward to the southern Adirondacks and the Lake Champlain Valley. The National Weather Service reports Thursday morning that 6 to 10 inches has fallen in the Albany area since the Leap Day storm hit the region late Wednesday morning.
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