Washington shuts down govt offices, NY rebounds after blizzard
23 Jan 2016 9:37 AM IST23 Jan 2016 9:37 AM IST
Theater shows reopened on Broadway after the blizzard forced them to go dark on Saturday on the recommendation of NY Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The White House is seen during a snowstorm in Washington. (Photo: AFP)- The entire region seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after the historic storm that left at least 20 dead in several states.
- New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo lifted a travel ban on New York City-area roads and on Long Island at 7 a.m. (1200 GMT) on Sunday. A state of emergency declared by Cuomo was still in place.
- Drivers tried their best to free cars that were encased in snow, but often found themselves spinning their wheels as they tried to get on the road.
- “For us, snow is like a normal winter,†said Viola Rogacka, 21, a fashion model from Poland, walking with a friend through New York's Times Square. “It's how it should look like.â€
- The blizzard was the second-biggest snowstorm in New York City history, with 26.8 inches (68 cm) of snow in Central Park by midnight on Saturday, just shy of the record 26.9 inches (68.3 cm) set in 2006, the National Weather Service said.
- “We still have some areas that we have to do a lot more work on. But we've come through it pretty well,†de Blasio said on ABC's “This Week.†“I think tomorrow is going to be pretty good. We think we'll be broadly up and running again at the city tomorrow.â€
- Theater shows reopened on Broadway after the blizzard forced them to go dark on Saturday on the recommendation of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
- Even so, many people were out in the street. Some skied and snowboarded down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial until security officials moved them on.
- Even so, many people were out in the street. Some skied and snowboarded down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial until security officials moved them on.
- In Washington, where a traffic ban was still in effect, the recovery got off to a slower start, with the entire transit system closed through Sunday.
- The Office of Personnel Management said federal government offices in the Washington area will be closed on Monday, along with local government offices and schools.
- Midtown Manhattan came back to life on a bright and sunny Sunday as residents and tourists rejoiced in the warming sunlight, digging out buried cars, heading to Broadway shows and cavorting in massive drifts left by New York City's second-biggest snowstorm in history.
- Washington shut down US federal government offices, while New York prepared for a normal workday following the worst snowstorm in decades to ravage the US East Coast, as residents of both cities frolicked in the freak snowfall.
- So far, more than 6,600 flights originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday within, into or out of the United States have been canceled, according to the flight monitor flightaware.com.
- Thousands of flights were scrapped in preparation for the storm, which was dubbed “Snowzilla†by The Washington Post's weather team.
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The White House is seen during a snowstorm in Washington. (Photo: AFP)
Theater shows reopened on Broadway after the blizzard forced them to go dark on Saturday on the recommendation of NY Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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