Battered East Coast begins digging out from deadly blizzard
- 8 years ago
The sun came out, travel bans slowly lifted, and the great dig-out of 2016 was in full force Sunday across much of the East after a brutal, record-setting snowstorm that paralyzed much of the region.
The storm rolled off the coast and into the Atlantic before sunrise, leaving behind clear skies and gusty winds.
Baltimore and New York eased their bans on road travel, but some airports in the region remained closed.
Washington, D.C.'s transit system was scheduled to remain shut all day Sunday.
It was the biggest snowstorm ever recorded for three cities — Baltimore (29.2 inches), Allentown, Pa. (31.9) and Harrisburg, Pa. (34).
New York City picked up 26.8 inches of snow, missing its all-time record by one-tenth of an inch, the National Weather Service said.
The storm rolled off the coast and into the Atlantic before sunrise, leaving behind clear skies and gusty winds.
Baltimore and New York eased their bans on road travel, but some airports in the region remained closed.
Washington, D.C.'s transit system was scheduled to remain shut all day Sunday.
It was the biggest snowstorm ever recorded for three cities — Baltimore (29.2 inches), Allentown, Pa. (31.9) and Harrisburg, Pa. (34).
New York City picked up 26.8 inches of snow, missing its all-time record by one-tenth of an inch, the National Weather Service said.