WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Heavy snow has blanketed much of the northeast of the United States early Sunday, and over 2,000 flights have been cancelled in the region.

    The Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport just outside the national capital, Washington, D.C., was closed due to several inches of snow, the worst storm in this winter, but all major airports in the region were open Sunday morning.

    With flight cancellations, only limited service were provided at major airports that remained open, and several smaller regionalairports in the Northeast were also shut down, CNN reported.

    As much as over one foot of snow was recorded in parts of New York, Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia.

    In Washington, about 86,000 customers lost power supply in the snowstorm, and in Baltimore of Maryland, the snow cut power to about 62,000 customers. Electricity outage was also reported in New Jersey and New York. Enditem