Snowstorms continue to lash US NE coast
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E-mail Xinhua, January 29, 2015
Snowstorms that started Monday evening across the U.S. northeast coast continued to ravage the region Tuesday, but New York City was spared the worst of the blizzards.
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A woman braves heavy snow in New York on Jan. 21. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The snowstorms continued to smack eastern Long Island in the state of New York, as well as states of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts till Tuesday noon.
According to U.S. National Weather Service forecasters, the tough weather is expected to continue into early Wednesday morning in Boston, Massachusetts, where there was about 50 cm of snowfall already on the ground.
Less destructive than predicted
On Tuesday morning, U.S. meteorologists apologized after the so-called "Storm of the Century" proved to be less destructive than predicted.
Blizzard warnings that forecast up to 3 feet, or about 91.44 cm, to fall in New York City led officials to close schools, cancel flights and institute a statewide travel ban. But the snowstorm did not pummel parts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania with the same punch that forecasters had predicted.
In New York City, only about 6 inches, or 15.24 cm, of snow had fallen at the famed Central Park by early Tuesday, far less than the record snowfall of 26.9 inches, or 68.33 cm, in 2006.
So far, governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have lifted travel bans they had imposed a day earlier and New York City's subway system has resumed service after being closed for 10 hours, but officials have urged people to stay off snow-covered roadways.
In Boston, the subways will remain closed for at least the rest of the day since there is still heavy snow piled in some places of the city.
Meanwhile, local police reported that high tides breached a seawall in Marshfield, Massachusetts, about 50 km south of Boston. The police have urged residents of the area to evacuate before the arrival of the next high tide, expected later Tuesday.
Outside Boston, the heaviest snowfall more than 70 cm deep is recorded in Auburn and Framingham, also in Massachusetts, leaving a lot of homes and businesses without power.
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