The snowbound New York region emerged from its first blizzard of the season on Sunday with relatively little damage despite near-record accumulations, though the toll along the Eastern Seaboard as a whole was more sobering: 29 deaths related to the storm, thousands of homes without power and serious flooding in coastal areas.
The great dig-out began with officials in New York lifting a travel ban, and airlines and commuter railroads slowly resumed service. “We survived, and then some,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said on Sunday morning.
But in other places, the tone was less upbeat.
In Baltimore, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she could not give a timeline for clearing the streets. In Washington, the leadership of the House of Representatives — scheduled to convene on Monday for a pro forma session — said no votes would be held this week. Federal offices will be closed on Monday, as will state offices in Maryland and Virginia.
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La Region del Nort-Este de Estados Unidos intenta regresar a la normalidad despues de la severa tormenta que los afecto y causo al menos 29 muerters, cerro via, dejo sin electricidad miles de hogares y causo serias inundaciones en las zonas costeras…y acumulacion de centimetros de nieve en gran parte de esa region.
La gran labor de limpieza comienza, mientras las labores cotidianas intentan regresar a la normalidad con la apertura de los aeropuertos y metros….mientras sobre las perdidas economicas apenas inician el balance.
Algunas oficinas federales permanecerán cerradas, lo mismos que algunas escuelas y colegios del area…