Post by Bishopdale Weather on Jan 25, 2016 4:39:19 GMT 12
New York City's roads have reopened and public transportation is beginning to return as the city cleans up after a deadly blizzard dumped 26.8 inches of snow on the city.
The storm packed a paralyzing punch as promised Saturday, reducing much of the city of 8 million people to a virtual ghost town. The streets emptied amid a travel ban that was lifted at 7 a.m. Sunday.
MTA bus service was restored Sunday, and most ourdoor subway lines will return at 9 a.m., Gov. Cuomo said.
The blizzard whipped up hurricane force winds while blanketing the city with at least two feet of snow. The worst of the storm began tapering off at around 10 p.m., but not before surpassing some of the city’s greatest winter flurries
The lights went dark on Broadway and the streets were closed to all but emergency vehicles by mid-afternoon. Commuter rail lines and much of the city's mass transit was shut down, along with bridges and tunnels across the city and New Jersey.
The snowfall total fell just short of the record 26.9” in February 2006.
“This is bad and it's getting worse rapidly,” de Blasio said. “We are going into uncharted territory here. There's absolutely no reason to be out in what will be one of the worst storms in New York City history.”
www.nydailynews.com/news/national/gov-cuomo-declare-state-emergency-blizzard-article-1.2506950
The storm packed a paralyzing punch as promised Saturday, reducing much of the city of 8 million people to a virtual ghost town. The streets emptied amid a travel ban that was lifted at 7 a.m. Sunday.
MTA bus service was restored Sunday, and most ourdoor subway lines will return at 9 a.m., Gov. Cuomo said.
The blizzard whipped up hurricane force winds while blanketing the city with at least two feet of snow. The worst of the storm began tapering off at around 10 p.m., but not before surpassing some of the city’s greatest winter flurries
The lights went dark on Broadway and the streets were closed to all but emergency vehicles by mid-afternoon. Commuter rail lines and much of the city's mass transit was shut down, along with bridges and tunnels across the city and New Jersey.
The snowfall total fell just short of the record 26.9” in February 2006.
“This is bad and it's getting worse rapidly,” de Blasio said. “We are going into uncharted territory here. There's absolutely no reason to be out in what will be one of the worst storms in New York City history.”
www.nydailynews.com/news/national/gov-cuomo-declare-state-emergency-blizzard-article-1.2506950