Credit: AP
U.S. Parks Service employee Danny Merced clears
snow from the steps of Federal Hall, in New York's Financial District,
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. New York City's sanitation commissioner says
some secondary streets still need plowing but overall snow removal was
going well. Around 6 inches of snow are expected in parts of the
metropolitan area on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted on February 5, 2014 at 1:22 PM
Winter-weary residents of the Northeast are getting another dose of snow, sleet and freezing rain. The second winter storm of the week is canceling classes, closing government and business offices, and causing hundreds of thousands of power outages across the region after wreaking similar havoc in the Midwest on Tuesday. Anywhere from a few inches to a foot or more of snow was expected to fall Wednesday on East Coast states, while some were getting freezing rain and sleet that made driving treacherous. It's their second go-round since a good coating of snow fell on Monday.
PENNSYLVANIA
Icy conditions knocked out power to about 750,000 customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania and caused school and legislative delays as well as speed reductions on major roadways. Falling trees became a hazard for motorists.
The great bulk of the outages were in the five-county Philadelphia region, most of them in the suburbs.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike canceled a temporary speed limit of 45 mph and its ban on empty tractor-trailers. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation also dropped speed limits to 45 mph on a number of roads.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Administration reported delays and some cancellations on suburban Philadelphia routes, while Amtrak suspended its Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg service because of downed trees on wires and along tracks.
NEW YORK
New York state deployed more than 2,000 plows and other pieces of heavy equipment to keep roads clear during a storm that has forced the closure of one major highway and hundreds of schools upstate. Up to a foot of snow fell in some upstate areas, while lesser amounts and a coating of ice were expected in New York City.
A 65-mile stretch of Interstate 84 between the Pennsylvania and Connecticut borders was closed to all vehicles.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority says Metro-North Railroad service was reduced by 18 percent on morning trains.
NEW JERSEY
Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency and state offices were closed for non-essential employees, as the state got snow in northern parts, sleet and freezing rain in some areas, and all rain in southern counties. Tens of thousands of customers were without power, and schools were closed or delayed.
NJ Transit was operating on a storm schedule. Buses and trains were cross-honoring tickets.
MICHIGAN
AAA Michigan got at least 1,100 calls for service as of Wednesday morning, with the heaviest volume during the rush-hour commute.
Authorities reported several multi-vehicle crashes after several inches of snow along Interstate 94 in the Jackson area, including some with injuries, and crashes closed portions of Interstate 69 in the Flint area.
The storm also snarled traffic in southern Michigan, including the Detroit area, with accidents reported in Grand Rapids and Saginaw.
Two planes became stuck on taxiways at snowy Detroit Metropolitan Airport, requiring trucks to push or pull the regional Delta jets out of the snow.
OHIO
Most of Ohio was hit with another bout or heavy snow and freezing rain, closing hundreds schools and creating extremely hazardous driving conditions.
Much of the state was slammed with 4 to 8 inches of snow overnight. Many counties declared snow emergencies.
"I wish that groundhog would have stayed in its hole," said Geoff Dunn, who took the bus to his downtown Columbus office, avoiding the messy roads but still having to navigate snowy sidewalks. "Finding us six more weeks of winter was not the smart move."
The National Weather Service said most Ohio cities already have seen anywhere from 15 to 30 inches more snow than is normal at this stage of winter in about 10 significant storms.
ILLINOIS
A Chicago runner was credited with helping save a man who fell into icy Lake Michigan with his dog.
Adam Dominik says he found twine and anchored it around himself while throwing the other end in the water, pulling the man onto nearby rocks. Meanwhile, a skier called 911.
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NBC News
One down: First storm of week dumps snow, two more expected
Monday Feb 3, 2014 6:44 PM
Bebeto Matthews / AP
A
snow plow waits for a vehicle to move out of its parking spot in
Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood on Monday Feb. 3, 2014 in New York.
Fat flakes turned the streets of Philadelphia and New York into a sea of slush, casting a pall over morning commutes just one day after the Seahawks trounced the Broncos amid unseasonably balmy East Coast weather in the 50s.
Hopeful passengers are settling in for extended delays, as flight disruptions are slated to cost $2.5 billion.
At
least two deaths and one serious injury could be blamed the storm and
its clean up: In western Kentucky, where the snow began to fall Sunday, a
24-year-old man died after his car skidded into a snowplow, officials
told NBC affiliate WFIE. And in New York, a 73-year-old man was struck and killed by a snowplow that was backing up on a Brooklyn street, police told NBC New York.Meanwhile, a 10-year-old girl remained in serious condition Monday evening after she was impaled in the back by a metal rod while sledding north of Baltimore, Md., the AP reported.
The storm was slowly moving out over the Atlantic Ocean Monday afternoon — leaving room for another wild system that forecasters expect will swing in from the Plains with ice, snow and freezing rain on Tuesday evening.
“Across the U.S. we’re going to have a very snowy situation, with at least three winter storms over the next week — and these are high-impact storms” said Guy Walton, a forecaster with The Weather Channel. “There is a very active storm pattern across the country.”
The National Weather Service reported roughly 8 inches of snow near Frostburg, Md., while areas of southern Ohio and West Virginia were slammed by about 10 inches of the white stuff. Snow totals in Philadelphia ran the gamut from 3 to 9 inches; New York City was hit by as much as 7 inches by the early afternoon.
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