Im vinita nair. The monster blizzard that hit the east this weekend continues to claim lives. At least 26 people have died in eight states and washington, d. C. Some were in car accidents. Others suffered heart attacks while shoveling. A growing number have died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning in their homes and cars. Notable snow totals include 42 inches in glen garry, West Virginia and 26. 8 inches in new yorks central park, just a tenth of an inch short of the record. We have several reports on the cleanup, beginning in washington, d. C. With kris van cleave. Reporter the storm has stopped, and so has much of the nations capital. Theres no way a car could drive down side streets like this. Snowed in cars and feet of snow block the way. Pedestrians are still using main thoroughfares instead of icedover sidewalks. The airports are closed. So is d. C. s metro. Schools and the City Government will be closed tomorrow. Mayor muriel bowser. While we have made some progress, there is still a
His snow in central park. The mayor says students are headed back to class tomorrow. And vinita, more than 850 plows are still out, targesing the hardesthit areas. Jamie yuccas tonight. On the jersey shore, full moon high tides sent sea water and chunks of snow and ice flowing through the streets. Jericka duncan is in wildwood, new jersey. Reporter the water in wildwood is so high in some places cars cant get through. This gets to be a real mess in here. Reporter mayor Ernie Troiano drove us through the neighborhoods hit the hardest. He says this storms tides were higher than super storm sandys. Theres hundreds and hundreds of cars that were caught in these tides. Reporter marisa rigby returned today and found her car not working. We had beautiful snow for all of a few hours before it just became a river of icebergs. Reporter Restaurant Owner dave bannon spent sunday drying out. He says the water was up to a foot during the height of the storm. As you can see, the signs gone. When i ca
Shovel steps at the homes of two elderly neighbors. Senior citizens cant get out here and walk in the snow like this. So he dug them out. Then cleared the steps and sidewalks for eight more neighbors. You have to be the hero of the neighborhood. I dont know. Thats up to them to decide. Reporter huge amounts of snow are being removed from freeways and some area suburbs are buried under three feet of snow. The airports are working around the clock to clear more than 1,000 miles of pavement making up the runway, tacki wares and tarmacs before reopening. So far the storm is responsible for more than 11,000 flight cancelations. Washingtons airport. The storm of this magnitude affect sog many airports across the country. Its going to take awhile for the air travel system as a whole to get back to normal. In whats become a huge d. C. Tradition, when the snow stops, hundreds gather. And the snowballs fly. Who wouldnt come to a big d. C. s snow fall total comes from Reagan National airport it r
We had beautiful snow for all of a few hours before it just became a river of icebergs. Reporter Restaurant Owner dave bannon spent sunday drying out. He says the water was up to a foot during the height of the storm. As you can see, the signs gone. When i came in, the water was about up to here. Reporter at one point more than 18,000 customers lost power along the jersey shore. Most shore towns saw minor to moderate flooding and new Jersey Governor Chris Christie said overall his state did well. Regular workweek starting tomorrow. Yeah, we got some water this time. Reporter but for people in southern new jersey forced to trudge through flood waters the storm was another reminder of how vulnerable coastal communities still are. Did he do better up there . Because we didnt do so good down here. Reporter the mayor of wildwood says about 100 people were forced to evacuate from this neighborhood. Hes hoping that by tomorrow, vinita, most of those people will be able to return home. Right b
Icedover sidewalks. The airports are closed. So is d. C. s metro. Schools and the City Government will be closed tomorrow. Mayor muriel bowser. While we have made some progress, there is still a lot more to do. Reporter the city brought in 400 pieces of extra equipment to dig out and continues to receive help from the National Guard to move first responders. 69yearold raymond tollson is part of d. C. s volunteer snow team. The city asked him to help shovel steps at the homes of two elderly neighbors. Senior citizens cant get out here and walk in the snow like this. Reporter so he dug them out, then cleared the steps and sidewalks for eight more neighbors. You have to be the hero of the neighborhood. Mm. I dont know. Thats up to them totoecide. Reporter huge amountntof snow are being removed from freeways. In some areas suburbs are buried under more than three feet of snow. The airports are working around the clock to clear more th 1,000 miles of pavement make up the runways, taxiways,