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Schools, offices close as long-lived storm clobbers U.S. East

By MARY ESCH California to the Midwest and U.S. 441 through Great
Associated Press and inundating other areas Smoky Mountains National
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A with rain. Park were closed because
seemingly endless winter Gov. Andrew Cuomo de- of heavy snow predictions.
storm that hindered travel clared a state of emergen- In New Jersey, Gov. Phil
across most of the coun- cy Monday for seven coun- Murphy said Monday at a
try over the long holiday ties in eastern New York news conference that the
weekend is delivering a last and assigned 300 National worst was still ahead. He
wallop as it swoops through Guard members to assist closed state government
the Northeast, dumping with snow removal. State for nonessential workers at
heavy snow, shuttering police had responded to noon. The National Weath-
hundreds of schools and more than 740 storm-relat- er Service on Monday pre-
bedeviling commuters in ed crashes statewide since dicted that the Boston area
the region Monday. the snow started falling. could get 7 inches of snow
The storm dropped more "We're tough, we've seen with lower amounts to the
than a foot of snow on it all, we can handle it all," south and into Rhode Island
parts of the region late Cuomo said at a storm and Connecticut. Commu-
Sunday and Monday and briefing before urging peo- nities north of Boston could Edisa Weeks gives her 5-year-old nephew, Niko Brown, a push
could bring 10 to 24 inches ple to stay off the roads. He see a foot in the storm ex- down a hill at the Brattleboro Little League Field, in Brattleboro,
(25 to 60 centimeters) total told nonessential state em- pected to reach its peak Vt., on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019.
by Tuesday from Pennsyl- ployees to stay home. Tuesday morning, snarling Associated Press
vania to Maine, forecasters But some workers had the morning commute.
said. Heavy snow was also no choice but to trudge Rowe in western Massa- or out of the U.S. were can- New York and Boston areas
expected in the Appala- through knee-high snow chusetts received 16 inches celed Monday, with more accounted for many of
chian Mountains down to and brush off their cars be- of snow from the storm that than 5,600 delays, accord- them. There were 950 can-
Tennessee and North Caro- fore heading out on the started Sunday night. ing to the flight tracking site celations and 8,800 delays
lina. slushy roads. More than 780 flights into FlightAware. Airports in the on Sunday.q
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie "I just hate driving in snow,"
Baker urged drivers to use Kaia Jansson said as she
caution during the Tuesday raked snow off her car in
morning commute when Albany. "It's always a mess
the storm was expected to and it's cold and not fun."
be at its height with snow In Nashua, New Hampshire,
falling at 1 to 2 inches an Alana Kirkpatrick didn't en-
hour in some places. Bos- joy her 5 a.m. "workout,"
ton Mayor Marty Walsh said which consisted of remov-
city schools were cancel- ing heaps of snow from her
ing classes and afterschool car.
activities Tuesday. "Why do I still live in New
"It's moving very slowly, so England?" she said.
the snow is just going to Hundreds of schools were
continue through the day," closed in advance of the
National Weather Service region's first significant
meteorologist Jennifer storm of the season, a
Vogt said Monday. nor'easter so named be-
By Monday afternoon, cause the winds typically
the storm had dropped come from the northeast.
27 inches of snow in rural "It's going to be a long, diffi-
Delanson, New York, 25 cult storm," New Hampshire
miles (40 kilometers) north- Gov. Chris Sununu said.
west of Albany — the high- At least four counties
est snow total in the North- closed schools Monday
east so far. Forecasters pre- in West Virginia, where 2
dict accumulations near 30 inches to a foot of snow
inches by Tuesday morning was forecast. Closer to the
in parts of Vermont's Green heavily populated, coastal
Mountains. Interstate 95 corridor, a
The same storm has pum- wintry mix was more likely.
meled the U.S. for days as The National Park Service
it moved cross country, said parts of the Blue Ridge
dumping heavy snow from Parkway in North Carolina