New Yorkers hunker down ahead of impact of massive snow storm
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Instead of shuttered schools and giving students snow days, the latest winter storm is shutting down vaccination sites and snarling other pandemic-related services in many states that could see as much as a foot of snow.
Lara Pagano, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said a big storm along the East Coast of the United States developing off the mid-Atlantic coast will be a 鈥減retty slow mover鈥 as it brings heavy snow and strong winds through today.
鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be a prolonged event,鈥 Pagano said.
As of yesterday morning, some areas had already gotten 3 to 5 inches (7.6 to 12.7 centimeters) of snow, with 6 inches in parts of Pennsylvania, she said. In parts of New Jersey, 7 inches already was reported as of yesterday morning.
In-person learning was canceled in school districts across the Northeast yesterday, and many COVID-19 vaccination sites were closed.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said yesterday morning that he hoped city-run vaccination sites would be able to reopen today.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy also issued a state of emergency ahead of the storm鈥檚 expected arrival, allowing authorities to close roads, evacuate homes and commandeer equipment needed for public safety.
鈥淐harge your devices, and if you experience a power outage 鈥 report it immediately,鈥 he urged New Jersey residents on Twitter.
Philadelphia also declared a snow emergency, closing city government buildings yesterday and ordering residents to move their cars off snow emergency routes so the plows can get through.
鈥淧hilly, please be safe and look out for each other,鈥 Mayor Jim Kenney tweeted.
The storm is expected to hit Maine today, where it will drop between 8 and 13 inches of snow, as well as sleet.
The storm hit mountainous parts of California with more than 6 feet of snow and heavy rain last week.
The extreme weather led a chunk of Highway 1 to collapse into the sea, following a landslide in an area near the mountainous Big Sur coastline in the central part of the western state.
The snow later moved on to the Midwest, dumping about 8 inches of snow in Chicago, according to the NWS.
Snowfall began overnight Saturday to Sunday in Washington. A winter storm warning from the NWS predicted between 3 and 5 inches in the area around Washington and Baltimore, Maryland.
The storm is expected to continue in the region until today, capping off with a mixture of ice, sleet and freezing rain.
President Joe Biden met with advisors on Sunday to discuss 鈥渁 range of issues, including the approaching winter storm,鈥 as well as COVID-19 vaccines and economic relief, according to a White House official.
Meanwhile, Washington residents hurried outside to enjoy the snow, building giant snowmen near the National Mall, going sledding and having snowball fights.
鈥淚 feel like a kid on Christmas,鈥 said Emilee Truitt, a student from Alabama interning in the capital.
鈥淚 woke up really giddy this morning, excited to go out and see the snow for the first time.鈥
It wasn鈥檛 just the humans of Washington who were out to have some snowy fun.
At Smithsonian鈥檚 National Zoo, giant pandas made the most of the winter flurry, frolicking in the snow and rolling and sliding down a slope in their enclosure.
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