Stopped and the big cleanup is still under way. The snow and slush still causing problems in several neighborhoods even though the plows have been out in force. Sanitation crews plowed 7. 25 million tons of snow so far. Thats enough to fill Yankee Stadium up to 66 times or enough to fill the Empire State Building 24 times. We have after the Storm Team Coverage and the warmup that could break extra water our way. Lets start with dick brennan live in the mobile weather lab in middle village, queens. Dick. Reporter yeah, around 78th street in middle village. We have seen plows, frontloaders, back loaders, you name it, all across the streets in the last couple of hours and they have been getting to the blacktop of these streets which previously had snow on them but that doesnt mean necessarily that the people who are thrilled department. If you look down the block you can see the snow. That street was never plowed reporter he wants to know where the Sanitation Department has been. He and o
Make in the departments plans going forward. Plus its perhaps the wildest president ialelection cycle ever, and now increasing speculation about former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg maybe, perhaps, entering the race as a thirdparty candidate. So, what are his chances of winning, really . We ask the man bloomberg hired to do a poll to find out. Good morning, everyone. Im bill ritter, in for diana. Were gonna start with the blizzard of a week ago, snow now mostly melted. Sanitation commissioner of new york city is here to talk about that and a lot more. Kathryn garcia, welcome back. Thank you. You were here a year ago. You had been on the job less than a year, and now youre a veteran. Now im a veteran. Now i have a blizzard under my belt. Exactly. And how do you think we did . I think we did i think that the department did phenomenally well. People really attacked this storm, cause if you think about it, probably 80 of the city was open almost to blacktop six hours after the last flak
Afternoon, this afternoon, and well see up in Bergen County, i would assume that will be the end of the day today as well, though the president of the bpu will continue to monitor that closely and work with the folks in Bergen County to make sure their power gets restored quickly. Dep reports that the high tide this morning was survived very well by the people in cape may county. Only minor to moderate flooding. Mostly street flooding. We dont see any significant Property Damage happening in cape may county. Folks did have to leave because of lack of power in those barrier islands, in places like sea isle city, avalon, stone harb harbor, north wildwood. For those folks they went and sheltered often with friends and family. Some went to local hotels where generators were operating in order to stay warm last night. We report happy to report that there are, so far, no deaths in new jersey connected with this storm. For today, i think the most important thing is for everybody to remember,
Drivers have been stranded now for hours. And further south in kentucky parts of interstate 75 are iced over creating a backup of 35 miles. Some drivers were forced to spend the night in their own cars and their trucks without food, without water. It is gridlock. Lets get more on some of the worst hardhit areas. Cnn meteorologist allyson chinchar joining me in the cnn weather center. Lets begin in kentucky where you have a 35 mile backup. Youre talking about people who have been spending the night in their cars, no food, no water. Give us the latest on whats expected there. Thats right. Theyve already had parts in kentucky over a foot of snow, especially in the eastern portion of the state where theyve had some of the highest totals. You go farther east of that. Virginia, over two feet of snow just near the Dulles International airport. Theyve had a report of 23 inches. Again, thats obvious right there. Why theyve had so many flight delays and Flight Cancellations not just at dulles, b
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