STORY: A mix of snow and ice bore down on the U.S. Northeast on Saturday (December 27), disrupting post-holiday weekend traffic and prompting officials in New York and New Jersey to issue weather emergency declarations even as the storm ebbed by mid-morning.

Travelers booked on Amtrak's busy Northeast corridor experienced long delays and cancellations after a downed wire disrupted service, Boston's ABC Affiliate WCVB reported.

People in much of the Northeast were advised to stay off the roads because of treacherous conditions, with states of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey. Thousands of domestic U.S. flights were canceled or delayed, with many in the New York area.

By early Saturday, about six to 10 inches (15 to 25 centimeters) of snow had fallen across an area from Syracuse in central New York to Long Island in the southeast of the state, as well as Connecticut, said Bob Oravec, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center near Washington, D.C.

New York City received two to four inches of snow overnight, with 4.3 inches (5 to 19 centimeterd) reported at Central Park, Oravec said, the most since 2022.

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1. VARIOUS OF MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL EXTERIOR ENTRANCE AT PENNSYLVANIA STATION

2. MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL INTERIOR

3. MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL SCREEN SIGN

4. VARIOUS OF TRAVELERS IN LINES

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRAVELER HEADING TO MASSACHUSETTS, BLAKE MALORY-JEFFERSON, SAYING:

JOURNALIST OFF-CAMERA: "Has any of the weather affected your travel?"

MALORY-JEFFERSON: "Uh, clearly, like, uh, it's the cause of all this. I would have been gone. I would have left 90 minutes ago."

6. PENN STATION SEEN FROM ARRIVING TRAIN

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRAVELER HEADING TO MASSACHUSETTS, BLAKE MALORY-JEFFERSON, SAYING:

"It's mostly just people sitting around, like, uh, because the truth of it and this is also the thing with the speaking to people like all these trains on that board, only one of them says the actual track. So, it's not like you can go to the gate and wait. You just sort of have to find a comfortable place and then wait for them to announce it, which can be really at any time, like it can be like right before the train leaves."

8. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SEATED ON FLOOR WAITING

9. VARIOUS OF TRAVELERS GOING DOWN ELECTRIC STAIRS

10. VARIOUS OF TRAVELERS GOING INTO TUNNEL

11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRAVELER HEADING TO MASSACHUSETTS, EVA ROBERTSON, SAYING:

"Well, I suppose it's the snow, the blizzard that started yesterday. I got here early worrying about my train to get to my Amtrak train. And it appears that Amtrak is delayed, at least in the Northeast corridor."

12. PENN STATION SIGN

13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRAVELER HEADING TO MASSACHUSETTS, EVA ROBERTSON, SAYING:

"Wear warm clothes because it's kind of cold in here and just have a kind of chill attitude and go with the flow because there are always hiccups and delays."

14. VARIOUS OF TRAVELERS STARING AT DEPARTURE SCREENS

15. VARIOUS OF DEPARTURE SCREENS

16. TRAVELERS WALKING WITH LUGGAGE

17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRAVELER HEADING TO WASHINGTON D.C., GEOFFREY BROWN, SAYING:

"Actually, we were on a train at 3:00 and we called up Amtrak and it was because of a power line down somewhere in New England. And they put us on a 5:00 train back home. So all in all, we are just slightly delayed."

18. BROWN AND COMPANION WALKING WITH LUGGAGE

19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRAVELER HEADING TO WASHINGTON D.C., GEOFFREY BROWN, SAYING:

"I think it's a little crowded on the upper level. So on the lower level, it's not bad at all. We have plenty of space here and we're just waiting for our train, which is now boarding. So we need to run."

20. VARIOUS OF TRAVELERS IN LINE AT AMTRAK COUNTER

21. VARIOUS OF AMTRAK TRAIN ON TRACK

22. EMPTY SEATS INSIDE TRAIN

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23. TRAVELERS RUSHING INTO BOSTON'S SOUTH STATION

24. TRAVELERS ARRIVING TO DEPARTURE SCREEN AREA

25. PASSENGERS WAITING IN FRONT OF DEPARTURE SCREENS

26. DEPARTURE SCREEN

27. PEOPLE EATING AT STATION AS THEY WAIT

28. PEOPLE SEATED ON FLOOR AND WAITING

29. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING TOWARD TRAIN PLATFORM TO GET THEIR TRAIN

30. TRAIN PLATFORM WITH LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO BOARD

31. TRAIN BACKING AWAY