Slow return to normal routines for cities hit by snowstorm

City officials in Washington said they are bringing a machine which can melt 60 tons of snow per hour. “It’s unclear how much of the total pot will go to New York City at the end of the day”.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, talks with Assembly Ways and Means Chairman Herman Farrell Jr, D-New York, before testifying during a joint legislative budget hearing on local government on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in Albany, N.Y.

People in Virginia ventured out Monday to deal with the aftermath of a storm that dumped more than 3 feet in some places. Some deaths have been reported in Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Washington, and Delaware. “But I feel bad for the people who can’t work because of the snow”. A man who tried to shovel out his auto in Muhlenberg Township, Pennsylvania, met a similar fate after a snowplow buried him inside.

Amtrak operated a reduced number of trains on all its routes, serving many people who couldn’t get around otherwise, spokesman Marc Magliari said.

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser said public schools in the city will remain closed until Wednesday. Metro fares were to be waived as trains would begin running only every 20-25 minutes, and only at underground stations on three of the city’s six lines.

Schools in the capital and the surrounding suburbs are closed, while flights are resuming on a limited basis in the area’s three major airports.

Twelve-thousand flights have been canceled, including about a thousand today.

“This has been a nightmare”, said Mary Lavigne, 34, as she waited at LaGuardia with her 18-month-old daughter for a flight to Montreal. There were 46 cancellations and 40 delays at John F. Kennedy airport.

More than 250 students had gone to Washington, D.C., for an anti-abortion rally on Friday. Reagan National listed 124 cancellations, and Baltimore/Washington International had 74 cancellations. His rescheduled fight to New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport was already delayed several hours. Some, but not all, of the museums will welcome visitors again Tuesday. This affects all New York City roads.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation’s capital and its largest city both got walloped by the same near-record blizzard this weekend.

Official tallies of deaths during the storm were higher, but CNN has not been able to confirm individual reports, and it was unclear if all of the reported fatalities were weather-related. Two people died of hypothermia in Virginia, and one from carbon monoxide poisoning in Pennsylvania.

Mayor de Blasio updating the media on snow clearing progress on Monday afternoon.

New York City subways, buses and Metro-North Railroad service have been restored.

The MTA stated their staff is working hard to ensure that seven of the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) 12 branches become fully operational by 5 am on Monday. The Hempstead, West Hempstead, Far Rockaway and Long Beach branches needed additional work, and the Montauk branch had partial service.

New York singer-songwriter Libbie Schrader went on Facebook to personally thank the New York City subway system for staying open.

More accustomed to heavy snowfall, New York City seemed to bounce back more easily with schools in the Big Apple open and the mass transit system up and running for the most part.

Lots of tourists and residents enjoyed a bright and sunny Sunday at midtown Manhattan. The icy roads can cause cars without snow tires to slide on streets.

In Maryland, State Police said Sunday that I-270 and I-70 were reopened after being closed on Saturday.

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Baltimore government offices would be open Tuesday as the city continues to dig out from more than 2 feet of snow. A traffic ban still remains in effect in Washington, with entire metropolitan transit system being closed through Sunday. The House of Representatives postponed votes until February, citing the storm’s effect on travel. So the last stretch of a major above-ground line serving Northern Virginia remained shut yesterday. Trains were expected to still run less often, though.

About 90,000 customers in New Jersey and about 150,000 in North Carolina experienced complete power failure during the blizzard.