More than 220,000 homes and businesses remain remained without power
Sunday as the U.S. Northeast and Canada dug out from a blizzard that
dumped up to 3 feet (a meter) of snow on the most densely populated part
of the region. The death toll was at 15.
Some motorists had to be rescued after spending hours stuck in wet,
heavy snow. Utilities in some hard-hit New England states predicted that
the storm could leave some customers in the dark at least until
Tuesday. About 650,000 lost power in eight states at the height of the
storm.
"We've never seen anything like this," said county official Steven
Bellone of New York's Long Island, where hundreds of drivers had been
caught on highways by Friday's fast-moving storm. Local police said
Sunday that all known abandoned cars were searched and no one needing
medical help was found.
At least 11 deaths in the U.S. and four in Canada were blamed on the
snowstorm, including an 11-year-old boy in Boston who was overcome by
carbon monoxide as he sat in a running car to keep warm while his father
shoveled Saturday morning.
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/02/10/snowstorm-slams-boston-new-york-city-as-residents-are-urged-to-stay-off-roads/
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