Battered by East Coast Snowstorm, Cities Face Digging Out
Source: New York Times
The day after a blizzard covered New York City with more than 30 inches of snow in some parts, grappling with its sheer volume was the next order of business.
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Snow stopped falling around 10 p.m. on Saturday, leaving a total of 26.8 inches in Central Park, according to the National Weather Service, the second-highest amount recorded since 1869.
At Kennedy International Airport in Queens, 30.5 inches was reported. Crews worked overnight to clear runways though with thousands of flights canceled regionally, service had not yet been restored. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Saturday “the vast majority” of flights would be canceled on Sunday.
The city’s snowfall was still less than that of parts of Maryland and West Virginia, where in some parts 40 inches had fallen. The storm which caused more than 10 states on the Eastern Seaboard to declare states of emergency, killed 18 on Saturday, according to The Associated Press. Several of the people, including a 94-year-old man in Smithtown on Long Island, appeared to have died while clearing snow, according to news reports.
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