Feb 6, 2021
BOSTON (AP) Coronavirus vaccination sites across the Northeast ramped back up Tuesday after a two-day snowstorm that also shut down public transport, closed schools and stranded travelers with canceled flights.
Some officials said that since vaccine supplies were thin to begin with, they didn’t anticipate having big problems getting caught up on distribution after a day or two of cancelled appointments.
In New Jersey, travelers at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday described being forced to endure widespread disruptions. Keno Walter-White said he got stranded at the airport after his flight was canceled and bus and tram services were suspended.
At least three homes were condemned along the Massachusetts coastline on Tuesday
One house in Cape Cod collapsed onto the beach after its foundations were pounded by huge waves
Coastal flooding also hit New Jersey where an elderly man had to be rescued from the icy waters
The Northeast began to recover from Storm Orlena on Tuesday as New Yorkers and residents in New Jersey and Pennsylvania start digging out from under massive piles of snow
The winter storm had dumped as much as 35 inches of snow in parts of Pennsylvania
Yet, two more winter storms are forecast for the Northeast in the coming days
The National Weather Service (NWS) said a foot or more could be on the ground in New England by the time the snow finally tapers off in the northernmost states by Wednesday evening.
Lara Pagano, a meteorologist with the NWS office in College Park, Maryland, noted that while several areas in the mid-Atlantic had seen measurable snowfall for a few consecutive days, it had not shattered records. For example, she said the most consecutive days with measured snowfall for Washington is four, while the mark is five for New York and six for Philadelphia.
“While this storm has been a prolonged event, it’s not a record-setter in that sense, but it does rank up there pretty high of course,” she said.
Feb 2, 2021
A man delivers food on his electric bicycle as he rides past snow-covered dining tables Monday in midtown New York during a snowstorm. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
BOSTON (AP) Parts of northern New England were waiting their turn to be pummeled by a heavy winter storm this morning, while residents of the New York City region were digging out from under piles of snow that shut down public transport, canceled flights and closed coronavirus vaccination sites.
The National Weather Service said a foot or more could be on the ground in New England by the time the snow finally tapers off in the northernmost states by Wednesday evening.