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U.S. NEWSTuesday 26 January 2016
US East Coast endures slippery start to work week
A plow truck and a pickup truck try to squeeze through a snowy side street in Towson, Md., Mon- the school, as she stood Cars parked in neighbor-
day, Jan. 25, 2016. East coast residents continued to dig themselves out after a massive week- outside while maintenance hoods were encased in
end snowstorm. workers spread salt and snow, some of it pushed
parents dropped off their from the streets by plows.
(Photo by Steve Ruark) children. Sidewalk entrances were
Amtrak operated a re- blocked by mounds of
Continued from front Charter School called out, “A lot of teachers are tak- duced number of trains on snow.
all its routes, serving many New York Mayor Bill de Bla-
In Brooklyn, only one despite more than two feet ing the train instead of driv- people who couldn’t get sio encouraged people to
teacher at the Bedford- around otherwise, spokes- leave their plowed-in cars
Stuyvesant New Beginnings (60 centimeters) of snow in ing,” said Wanda Morales, man Marc Magliari said. all week. Some didn’t have
Bus and rail service was a choice; plows clearing
New York City. director of operations at expected to be limited streets buried cars under a
around the region into mound of ice and snow.
Monday. Broadway reopened after
Flying remained particular- going dark at the last min-
ly messy after airlines can- ute during the snowstorm,
celed nearly 12,000 week- but museums remained
end flights and hundreds closed in Washington, and
more Monday. Airports the U.S. House of Represen-
resumed limited service in tatives postponed votes
New York City, Baltimore, until February, citing the
Philadelphia and in the storm’s impact on travel.
Washington area. But de- Overall snowfall of 26.8
lays reverberated around inches (68 centimeters) in
the country, with more Central Park made it New
than 2,500 flights delayed York’s second biggest win-
or canceled Monday. ter storm since records be-
Airports resumed limited gan in 1869, and Saturday’s
service in New York City, 26.6 inches (67.6 centime-
Baltimore, and Philadel- ters) made for a single-day
phia, which said it got an record in the city.
entire winter’s snow in two Washington’s records were
days. In the Washington less clear. The official three-
area, Reagan National Air- day total of 17.8 inches (45
port tweeted that it saw centimeters) measured at
its first flights Monday, and Reagan National Airport
Dulles International Airport was impossibly short of ac-
expected to resume flights cumulations recorded else-
late in the day where in the city. An official
The snow began Friday, total of 22.4 inches (56.9
and the last flakes fell just centimeters) landed at the
before midnight Satur- National Zoo, for example.
day. In its aftermath, crews The zoo remained closed
raced all day Sunday to through Monday but a vid-
clear streets and sidewalks eo of its giant panda Tian
devoid of their usual bustle. Tian making snow angels
But one day wasn’t enough got more than 54 million
to clear many roads. views.q
Flight cancellations and delays
persist in wake of U.S. blizzard
NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines Washington D.C. metro
canceled around 1,600 areas suffered the highest
flights Monday, and an- number of cancellations.
other 1,200 experienced For some travelers in those
delays, in the aftermath of locations, getting home
a massive weekend bliz- continued to be an ad-
zard that slammed into the venture. Newark Liberty In-
eastern U.S., wreaking hav- ternational listed 260 can-
oc on travel in the nation’s celed flights and 48 delays
busiest cities. as of Monday afternoon,
Even as the airlines resumed the most of any U.S. airport,
operations, the remnants of according to the flight
the storm posed problems. tracking service FlightA-
For instance, Delta said ware. Meanwhile, LaGuar-
snow continued to hamper dia listed 177 canceled
operations at LaGuardia flights and 30 delays with
and Newark airports. John F. Kennedy airport list-
On Monday, airports in the ing 46 cancellations and 40
New York City area and delays. q
