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01-23-2016, 03:54 PM
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON | By Barbara Goldberg and Idrees Ali
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A winter storm dumped nearly 2 feet (58 cm) of snow on the suburbs of Washington, D.C., on Saturday before moving on to Philadelphia and New York, paralyzing road, rail and airline travel along the U.S. East Coast.
At least 10 states declared weather emergencies, aiming to get a handle on highways made impassable by the drifting snow and to shore up coastal areas where the blizzard conditions raised the danger of flooding.
High winds battered the region, reaching 70 miles per hour in Wallops Island, Virginia, late on Friday, said meteorologist Greg Gallina of the National Weather Service.
High tides washed through the streets of Jersey Shore towns, mixing with snow and pooling in driveways, televised images showed. Video footage on CNN showed water pouring into downtown Margate, New Jersey, near Atlantic City, an area still recovering from Superstorm Sandy three years ago.
The heaviest snow was engulfing New York City on Saturday but was expected to ease by early afternoon, though not end until Sunday.
At least six people were killed in car crashes due to icy roads in North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The worst appeared to be over for Washington, although moderate snow was expected to keep falling until late Saturday, with the deepest accumulation of 23 inches recorded in Poolesville, Maryland, north of the nation's capital.
RECORD STORMS
"Records are getting close - we're getting into the top five storms," Gallina said.
The record high of 28 inches (71 cm) of snow in the nation's capital was set in 1922 and the deepest recent snowfall was 17.8 inches in 2010.
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A winter storm dumped nearly 2 feet (58 cm) of snow on the suburbs of Washington, D.C., on Saturday before moving on to Philadelphia and New York, paralyzing road, rail and airline travel along the U.S. East Coast.
At least 10 states declared weather emergencies, aiming to get a handle on highways made impassable by the drifting snow and to shore up coastal areas where the blizzard conditions raised the danger of flooding.
High winds battered the region, reaching 70 miles per hour in Wallops Island, Virginia, late on Friday, said meteorologist Greg Gallina of the National Weather Service.
High tides washed through the streets of Jersey Shore towns, mixing with snow and pooling in driveways, televised images showed. Video footage on CNN showed water pouring into downtown Margate, New Jersey, near Atlantic City, an area still recovering from Superstorm Sandy three years ago.
The heaviest snow was engulfing New York City on Saturday but was expected to ease by early afternoon, though not end until Sunday.
At least six people were killed in car crashes due to icy roads in North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The worst appeared to be over for Washington, although moderate snow was expected to keep falling until late Saturday, with the deepest accumulation of 23 inches recorded in Poolesville, Maryland, north of the nation's capital.
RECORD STORMS
"Records are getting close - we're getting into the top five storms," Gallina said.
The record high of 28 inches (71 cm) of snow in the nation's capital was set in 1922 and the deepest recent snowfall was 17.8 inches in 2010.