(York Daily Record via AP).
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“The snow pile is going to be with us for a while, but I think we’ll be in good shape in the next 24 hours”, he said.
Governor of NY state Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency, as have ten other state governors.
A jeep makes its way north though heavy snow on the FDR Drive with the Brooklyn Bridge in background during a snowstorm in the Manhattan borough of New York January 23 2016.
“I decided, I don’t want to die”, she said before boarding a bus to the YMCA.
Dave Lenowitz was perched on a snowbank in Philadelphia near what’s normally the stop for the bus that takes him to his job as the director of a nonprofit.
Reinsurance company Munich Re said it was too early to estimate property losses from the storm. “I knew the forecast was enough to cause a problem”. “It’s only seven miles”. Public schools in these areas were also closed for Monday.
The storm dropped snow from the Gulf Coast to New England, with near-record snowfalls tallied from Washington, D.C.to New York City.
At least 31 people have died as a result of the storm; the deaths occurred in vehicle accidents, from carbon monoxide poisoning, and from heart attacks while shovelling snow. The Illinois Democrat said he’s not even sure he’ll be able to get to D.C., but he’s been through this before. Thousands of flights to mostly East Coast airports were canceled.
The Maryland MTA reported delays and suspended service, as well as free rides on mass transit Monday.
Flight cancellations for Monday for all airlines stood at 615 as of early Sunday morning, but FlightAware said that is sure to rise.
“Things are not entirely normal today, but a lot of the city is operating well”, de Blasio said, thanking city employees for their hard work.
Metro fares were to be waived as trains would begin running only every 20-25 minutes, and only at underground stations on three of the city’s six lines. In its aftermath on Sunday, city crews rushed to clear the streets and sidewalks of veritable ghost towns. It was just right for a huge snowball fight there, where more than 600 people responded to organizer Aaron Brazell’s invite on Facebook.
Major roads were clear downtown, but side streets were still piled high with snow.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio encouraged people to leave their plowed-in cars covered with snow all week after a one-day record of 26.6 inches fell in Central Park.
In Passaic, N.J., on Sunday, a mother and year-old son watching their family shovel snow from the apparent safety of their vehicle died because the snow blocked the tailpipe; her 3-year-old daughter, also in the auto, was in critical condition, The Record reported.
“They all turned on me, as teenagers will do”, she said. Two to three feet of snow are likely, accompanied by winds of 30 to 50 miles per hour (48 to 80 km per hour), before the storm winds down on Saturday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
The House of Representatives meanwhile, has opted to remain out of session for the coming week due to the severity of the winter storm and related travel woes – with no votes set until February 1.
Flying remained particularly messy after airlines canceled almost 12,000 weekend flights and hundreds more Monday. Airports resumed limited service in New York City, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, which said it got an entire winter’s snow in two days.
Amtrak operated a reduced number of passenger trains on all its routes, serving many people who could not get around otherwise, spokesman Marc Magliari said.
The storm was the second biggest in New York’s history, with 26.8 inches (68 cm) of snow in Central Park by midnight on Saturday, just shy of the record 26.9 inches set in 2006, the National Weather Service said. With 26.8 inches, New York City logged the highest snowfall since record-keeping began in 1869.
Baltimore-Washington International Airport recorded a massive snowfall of 29.2 inches. An official total of 22.4in (56.9cm) landed at the National Zoo, for example.
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The zoo remained closed through Monday but a video of its giant panda Tian Tian making snow angels got more than 54 million views.
