India, Feb. 25 -- New York flights cancelled in massive numbers as a historic blizzard battered the Northeast United States, dumping nearly 60 centimeters of snow across the metropolitan region and crippling air travel at the city's three major airports.

More than 1,300 flights into or out of New York were scrapped Tuesday as the powerful winter storm - described by forecasters as a "classic bomb cyclone/nor'easter" - brought fierce winds, whiteout conditions and coastal flooding to the region.

Airports hardest hit include John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, and Newark Liberty International Airport.

According to flight tracking website FlightAware:

- 426 flights were cancelled at JFK

- LaGuardia saw an extraordi...