Northeast Plows Through After Storm
Crews Scramble To Clear Snowy Streets After Record-Breaking Storm
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Play CBS Video Video East Coast's Record Blizzard There was record-breaking snowfall along the East Coast this weekend, affecting everything from local transportation to the airports. Bianca Solorzano reports.
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Video Blizzard Hits Beantown In Boston, where almost two feet of snow fell, many schools have canceled classes. But that isn't stopping some from braving the icy elements, reports Dan Rhea of CBS station WBZ.
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Video Blizzard Stalls Travelers The weekend storm that blanketed most of the Northeast with more than a foot of snow has been wreaking havoc on travel on the ground and in the air. Randall Pinkston reports.
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A woman takes a break amid the snowy tables and chairs in Bryant Park in New York Monday, Feb.13, 2006. (AP)
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A commuter steps over the snow on 6th Avenue (which only tourists call 'Avenue of the Americas'), Feb. 13, 2006. (Getty Images/Timothy A. Clary)
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Pedestrians maneuver around a pile of snow near Pennsylvania Station in New York, Feb. 13, 2006. (AP)
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A woman emerges from a subway station in snow-covered Times Square in New York, Feb. 13, 2006. (AP)
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A snowplow removes snow from a mountain of snow accumulated on Park Place in Manhattan, Feb. 13, 2006. (AP)
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Photo Essay The Blizzard Of '06 It broke records and slowed many travelers. But at least this huge snowfall happened during a weekend.
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Interactive Winter Watch See photos of wet and snowy days across the country, and check out snow accumulations and airport delays.
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Amtrak still had numerous storm-related schedule changes.
Some passengers were stranded Sunday on the Long Island Rail Road east of New York City, where trains got stuck on snow-covered tracks. One train was marooned for five hours. Limited LIRR service into Manhattan resumed on Monday morning, but one branch on Long Island still sat idle.
"Usually the trains never stop. It's never been like this," Rebecca Karpus said Monday as she waited to return home on the LIRR after being marooned at Penn Station since 6:30 p.m. Sunday. "It's really paralyzed us."
"It's very, very poor emergency planning on the part of the Long Island Rail Road to have passengers stranded for 10, 15, 17 hours," fumed Walter Garcia, 39, who spent almost 18 hours at Penn Station.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said 2,200 snow plows and 350 salt spreaders were working to clear the city's 6,300 miles of streets by Monday's rush hour. He said 2,500 Department of Sanitation employees were working in 12-hour shifts, and temporary workers were being hired at $10 an hour to shovel snow.
Brzezinski reports the New York City's 20 snow melters are working to melt 60 tons of snow an hour, but minor flooding could be an issue when temperatures are supposed to reach 50 degrees on Thursday.
Most highways were in good shape for the Monday morning commute, but many city streets and sidewalks were still packed with snow. Near the CBS Broadcast Center on New York's West Side, sidewalks were generally clear, but crosswalks and curbs are packed with snow or, worse, icy water.
The storm also knocked out power across parts of the Northeast, most severely in Maryland, where utilities said more than 48,000 homes and businesses still had no power Monday. About 16,000 customers lost power Sunday in New Jersey, but almost all of them had electricity again on Monday.
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