Winter is not the same this time and is not passing quietly.
On Wednesday, another major nor’easter strike was reported at the Interstate 95 corridor. This is the fourth such nor’easter strike in three weeks that too on the first full day of spring of this year.
Airports had to close down their operations in the region with more than 4,400 departures and arrivals were cancelled at airports as the total snow measured a foot in several areas. The details of snow fall range are given as: 19 inches in Windber area of Pennsylvania State; 15 inches near Sabillasville area of Maryland State; and 14 inches in Sweet Spring area, West Virginia State. The Gashouse District of New York City had a total of 8½ inches by Wednesday night, while 5 inches had fallen on Central Park area.
Plows were put on duty to remove snow from general ways from Wednesday across the region.
“Hit the ATM, get lots of coffee, know which rest stop you’re going to, pack a lot of sandwiches, extra pair of socks and we’re off,” Mike Stevens, a snowplow driver, said during the interview.
Not less than, one fatal car crash was reported in New York city and two car crash in New Jersey and all the crashes were blamed on poor visibility and slippery grounds due to the storm. State of Emergency was declared by the governors of New York City and New Jersey as the storm picked up strength.
“Travel will be impacted because of the heavy, wet nature of the snow, so anyone trying to shovel out a driveway will feel like they’re shoveling cement,” said Sherri Pugh, a meteorologist for NBC News. “Some people may have arrived to work this morning but may have trouble leaving.”
A van carrying five persons turned turtle over the Wantagh State Parkway, according to the New York State Police. The other passengers were reported to be still in critical condition as per the media report.
In a conference call, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy told reporters, that a bus and another vehicle collided face to face on Interstate 78 in Hunterdon County, killing at least one person.
Another incident related to a motorist being killed due to a crash with snow plow in Newark, New Jersy.
The State of New Jersey Transit closed down all its bus services statewide at 3 p.m. at a time when the storm grew in strength and there were visibility problems.
The storm was produced due to the weather system that previously vexed the South, then hailed in Texas on Sunday, turned into tornadoes in Alabama on Monday and into severe storms in Florida on Tuesday and later developed into nor’easter blanketing the entire Atlantic coast ranging from North Carolina to New England in snow. The forecast said this time that there would be heaviest snowfall between southeast Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
A report said that more than 88,000 customers are living without power in the Mid-Atlantic States and New England due to the storm. And in New Jersey same is the case with about 73,000 customers.