More than 1,000 flights in and out of New England airports were cancelled on Monday as a blizzard pounded the region.
At Boston’s Logan International Airport, 968 flights were cancelled on Monday, with 16 listed as delayed, according to the flight tracking software FlightAware. And while forecasters expect the heaviest snow to end Monday night, more than 300 flights at the airport were cancelled on Tuesday.
Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut also saw dozens of flight cancellations amid the storm, with 144 flights cancelled on Monday and 26 already cancelled on Tuesday.
Forecasters with the National Weather Service said travel during the storm would be “extremely treacherous to nearly impossible today within the hardest hit areas.”
“If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay with your vehicle,” forecasters wrote.
The MBTA was still running Monday, albeit on a reduced schedule. The transit agency warned riders that they should expect longer wait times between trains and buses.
All ferry service was cancelled Monday.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation imposed a 40 mph speed limit for Interstate 90 from Boston to the New York border on both east and westbound sides of the highway.
Late Sunday night, the agency said it had 2,000 pieces of equipment out clearing roads.
Monday’s nor’easter is expected to bring more than a foot of snow to parts of Massachusetts, with whipping winds gusting as high as 75 mph.
