- The mammoth blizzard that buried the Northeast under feet of snow has drifted away, leaving millions on a path of hefty recovery.
At least nine deaths in
three states and Canada are blamed on the snowstorm, which was spawned
by two converging weather systems.
Residents from Pennsylvania to Maine are trying to dig out from as much as 3 feet of snowfall.
"There's just really no place to put the snow," Bostonian Allison Rice said, trying to shovel away what she could.
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Overnight, about 400,000
power customers were still in the dark, with many enduring frigid
conditions. But that number is an improvement from the 635,000 without
electricity Saturday afternoon.
Travel headaches
A day after officials pleaded for residents to stay home, travel was slowly coming back to life Sunday.
As workers struggle to
get airports, trains and highways online again, countless travelers were
trying to get their plans back on track.
The storm forced the
cancellation of more than 5,000 flights. Three of New York's busiest
airports resumed limited service Saturday, and flights are expected to
resume Sunday at Boston's Logan International Airport and Connecticut's
Bradley International Airport.
Deadly consequences
At least nine people
were killed in accidents related to the storm, including five in
Connecticut, two in Canada, one in New York and one in Massachusetts -- a
14-year-old Boston boy who was helping his father shovel snow.
The storm by the numbers
The boy hopped in the
snowed-in family car to warm up, but the engine was running and the
exhaust pipe was blocked by snow, causing carbon monoxide to accumulate
in the car. Firefighters were unable to resuscitate the boy.
Boston police were
investigating another possible death from carbon monoxide when a man in
his early 20s was found dead a vehicle.
The department warned
about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from trying to stay warm
in a car with exhaust pipes blocked by snow.
In Poughkeepsie, New
York, an 18-year-old woman lost control of her car in the falling snow
and struck a 74-year-old man walking near the side of the road, police
said. He later died from his injuries.
Other accidents occurred in Connecticut and southern Ontario.
The situation could have
turned out worse for some drivers in Long Island, who had to be rescued
from cars that were stuck and virtually frozen in place.
Epic mounds of snow
Connecticut saw the most
accumulation, with 40 inches in Hamden. At its height, the storm heaped
snow on the state at a frenzied rate of 4 to 5 inches an hour.
Map, timeline of the storm
"Due to the amount of snow that came down, it seems not even the plows came out," photographer Mia Orsatti told CNN's iReport from Hamden. "The street was a white, wide, soft blanket of snow."
Scott Green posted a photo of his deck in Cromwell -- covered waist-high with snow.
Snowfall in Manhattan
reached just under a foot, but heavier accumulations piled up in Long
Island, where 27 inches fell in Stony Brook.
"This state had
consequences, but nothing like our neighboring states," New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. He announced plans to send utility workers
and snow plows to New England to help with recovery.
The Midwest is next
While the blizzard that
pummeled Northeastern states has wandered out over the Atlantic Ocean,
trouble now brews for northern Midwest states.
A major winter storm
will bring heavy snow and strong winds from northeast Colorado to
central Minnesota from Sunday into Monday, the National Weather Service
said. Eastern South Dakota could see more than a foot of snow and 50
mph winds, "creating whiteout conditions," the weather agency said.
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