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Ohio buried in 50cm of snow
09/03/2008 18:39 - (SA)
Columbus - Highway and utility crews worked overtime on Sunday to recover from the huge storm that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow and tore down power lines elsewhere.
Ohio had one traffic death linked to the weather, and four men died while shovelling snow. Two traffic deaths were blamed on the storm in western New York state and one in Tennessee. Two people were killed Friday as tornadoes spun out of the eastern edge of the weather system in Florida.
More than 50cm of snow fell from Friday through Saturday at Columbus, eclipsing the city's previous record of 38cm set in February 1910, the National Weather Service said. Many churches in the Columbus area cancelled Sunday services because roads were still slippery.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, which shut down on Saturday, reopened Sunday but flight delays and cancelations were expected as airlines tried to get their schedules back on track, spokesperson Todd Payne said. Flooding Delays also were expected at Port Columbus International Airport, where 90% of flights were cancelled on Saturday.
The storm also made roads slippery and snow-covered in western New York and caused flooding that closed roads in other parts of the state. On Sunday, high wind and falling temperatures created brisk wind chills in much of the state.
Utility companies in southeastern Pennsylvania said on Sunday they had restored power to most of the 80 000 customers who were blacked out on Saturday by power lines snapped by wind and falling tree limbs.
More than 100 000 New Jersey homes and businesses lost power at the height of thunderstorms that boiled up along the eastern part of the weather system, and some commuter train routes into New York City were blocked by fallen trees, authorities said. Wind gusted to 105km/h in New Jersey, the weather service said.
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