Things to know about the massive weekend blizzard

The massive snowstorm brought both the nation’s capital and its largest city to a stop, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow and stranding tens of thousands of travelers.

But people in Wildwood like Marisa Rigby said more could be done. Around 200,000 people were left without power across the country.

This Panda called Tian Tian, who lives at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, was seen gleefully rolling around and trying to completely cover himself in the snow that dumped itself over Washington, DC.

Washington authorities have made a decision to keep federal services closed on Monday as USA eastern states continue to recover from the weekend’s massive blizzard.

“It is crucial for people to stay off the streets”. At least 31 people have died as a result of the snowstorm.

Amusing enough, 21-year-old Viola Rogacka, a fashion model from Poland disclosed that “For us, snow is like normal weather”. “It’s how it should look like”.

“We urge all New Yorkers not to travel on our roads except when necessary, and to be extremely careful when driving”, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told a news conference.

“The snow pile is going to be with us for a while, but I think we’ll be in good shape in the next 24 hours”, he said. The entire storm was the second-biggest on record for the city, falling just a tenth of an inch short of one from February 2006.

Fatalities occurred in Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Four people died of carbon monoxide poisoning inside their cars in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and SC.

Reinsurance firm Munich Re said it was too early to estimate losses to property due to the storm. Emergencies were declared in Washington, D.C., and 11 states.

On Saturday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was confident in his state’s response to the “big storm”.

Most bus and subway services operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority were up and running again by 9am, officials said.

The Long Island Rail Road is still halted but the Metro-North railroad is now functional. Bus and rail service was expected to be limited around the region into Monday. Crews were working on Sunday to remove snow from an intersection near train tunnels to Manhattan.

A spokeswoman for the New York Stock Exchange said the bourse planned to open as usual on Monday.

The few people out and about trudged through slush and ice and picked their way through drifts left by plows. A group of friends help push a auto into a safe parking spot after it was stuck on a snow-covered road in Huntington, W.Va., on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016.

Washington D.C. got hit on Friday.

The National Weather Service said 45.2 cm fell in Washington, and Baltimore-Washington International Airport notched a record 74.2 cm. The deepest regional total was 42 inches (106.7 cm) at Glengarry, West Virginia.

Huge mounds had to be cleared from Maryland interstates and at Washington’s airports, it’s been an around-the-clock effort to get the runways back open for flights Monday morning. They were inside a auto trying to stay warm while the father shoveled snow outside, police said.

Despite the rising temperatures, thousands of air passengers remained stranded, and in Washington, public schools were to remain closed and only limited public transport to resume Monday.

Nevertheless, walkers, sledders, some cars and the occasional cross-country skier ventured into the dazzling white under a bright sun. They’ve got their service back.

“I wish it were summer right now”.

City officials in Washington said they are bringing a machine which can melt 60 tons of snow per hour.

“They all turned on me, as teenagers will do”, she told Reuters Television.

Almost 3,500 domestic and global flights were canceled on Sunday, FlightAware said, and the main airports in the USA capital remained closed Sunday.

Major airlines also canceled hundreds of flights for Monday.

About 150,000 customers in North Carolina and 90,000 in New Jersey lost electricity during the storm but most service had been restored by Sunday afternoon.

On Sunday, moderate coastal flooding was still a concern in Atlantic County but a change of wind direction would make the impact less problematic than on Saturday, said Linda Gilmore, a county public information officer.