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High winds and heavy snow barrelled into the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, shutting schools and government offices, leaving tens of thousands without power and snarling travel as New York's JFK Airport halted flights due to whiteout conditions.

A gas line explosion during construction work at a high school in the US has injured three people and severely damaged the school building, authorities said.

High winds and heavy snow barrelled into the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, shutting schools and government offices, leaving tens of thousands without power and snarling travel as New York's JFK Airport halted flights due to whiteout conditions.

A gas line explosion during construction work at a high school in the US has injured three people and severely damaged the school building, authorities said.