Salon.com > Michelle R. Smith And Jay Lindsay http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Northeast trying to get back on track after storm http://www.salon.com/2013/02/10/northeast_trying_to_get_back_on_track_after_storm/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/10/northeast_trying_to_get_back_on_track_after_storm/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:09:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/2013/02/10/northeast_trying_to_get_back_on_track_after_storm/ PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Emergency crews and residents struggled to clear roadways and sidewalks from a storm that rampaged through the Northeast, dumping up to 3 feet of snow and bringing howling winds that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands.

Municipal workers from New York to Boston labored through the night Saturday in snow-bound communities, where some motorists had to be rescued after spending hours stuck in wet, heavy snow. Meanwhile, utilities in some hard-hit New England states predicted that Friday's storm could leave some customers in the dark at least until Monday.

"We've never seen anything like this," said Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone of Long Island, which got more than 2½ feet of snow.

About 400,000 homes and businesses remained without power early Sunday, down from a total of about 650,000. Some school districts announced they'd be closed on Monday, complicating parents' back to work schedules but giving kids another day for frolicking.

At least five deaths in the U.S. 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. That death and the illnesses of several others exposed to carbon monoxide set off a flurry of safety warnings from public officials.

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