(ETH) – New Jersey residents spent Groundhog Day repeatedly plowing and shoveling after a winter storm left as much as 30 inches of snow in the northern part of the state. Snow showers, blowing snow and coastal flooding continued to cause problems Tuesday throughout the state, forecasters said.
A state of emergency imposed Sunday by Gov. Phil Murphy remained in effect and state government offices were closed for nonessential personnel. The National Weather Service reported 30 inches of snow fell in parts of Sussex and Morris counties on Monday.
NJ Transit resumed regular bus service in the southern part of the state, but it delayed the resumption of bus and train service in the northern and central parts of the state. The New Jersey State Police reported as of 7 p.m. Monday, troopers had responded to 661 crashes and aided 1,050 motorists since 6 p.m. Sunday. READ MORE
A crawling winter storm has already unleashed record-breaking snow across a large swath of the Northeast — and forecasters are warning people that the snowfall is far from over with the potential for some locations to record an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 44 inches.
Follow along here for the latest updates on the nor’easter. As the snowstorm ramped up on Sunday in the Northeast, a huge crowd gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for a massive battle.
It turns out, the crowd on hand was for a snowball fight planned by the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association, an event that was two years in the making. About 2.3 inches of snow were measured on Sunday at Reagan National Airport, making it one of the biggest single-day snowfalls in several years for the city. READ MORE
