Flight Cancellations Post-Super Bowl Leave Thousands Stranded in Northeast Snowstorm

The ideal weather from Sunday night's Super Bowl took a turn by Monday, when a winter snowstorm dumped ice and sleet across the Northeast.

New York City received as much as eight inches of snow in some areas, causing hundreds of airlines to cancel departing and arriving flights nationwide, according to Businessweek.

Thousands of travelers who came to the area for the big game were left stranded, National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Goodman reported. He told Businessweek that the snowfall would intensify throughout the day.

According to a report by AccuWeather's website, snow has already snarled travel along the I-95 corridor from southern New England to New York City, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.

Almost one-fourth of the flights at Newark Airport were canceled Monday morning, according to CBS' local station in New York.

Meanwhile, at neighboring LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports, some flights were grounded, but not nearly as many as in New Jersey. The Federal Aviation Administration reported some flights out of Newark experienced delays up to three hours. Some of LaGuardia's flights were delayed for four hours, CBS reported.

Port Authority Interim Directory of Aviation Thomas Bosco advised travelers to keep an eye on their particular flights and get in touch with individual airlines for updates and inquiries.

The snow is due to lighten up later this evening, and ease fully by tomorrow. But a new storm tomorrow night could bring at least four inches of snow to New York City until Wednesday evening, meteorologists at the National Weather Service told Businessweek.