Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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ABC7 News: The post-winter storm dig out has started in New York City and across the Tri-State after the region was blanketed with several inches of snow on Sunday.
Now, the area is bracing for the coldest temperatures in two years over the next few days.
Snow began falling across much of the area by early Sunday afternoon. The storm had a major impact on air travel even before the snow began to fall. By mid-afternoon, more than 1,000 flights had been canceled. Newark and LaGuardia airports saw the biggest impacts with 260 flight cancellations at EWR and 252 at LGA as of 10 p.m. Republic Airways, a regional airline partnering with Delta, American, and United Airlines, has canceled 287 flights. JetBlue has canceled 176 flights, and Endeavor Air, a subsidiary of Delta, has canceled 117 flights.
The snowstorm moved out Sunday night, leaving a gift for kids in the Bronx, where snowy hills created the perfect spots for sledding. But what was less fun were the driving conditions, especially on hills where it’s easy to lose traction.
Cab drivers gassed up for what could be a busy couple of days on the snow and the ice once the temperature plunges.
The roads in the city were pretty empty Sunday night outside of sanitation plow truck traffic going in out of a Department of Transportation yard in Van Cortlandt Park loading up with salt. It’s hard work for sanitation crews determined to get to every road in the city.
And while the department takes care of clearing city streets, highways and bike lanes, property owners are responsible for clearing sidewalks and making them passable.
