Storm Orlena has left four dead, shut down coronavirus vaccination sites, canceled more than 2,000 flights and led to over 660 vehicle crashes in New Jersey alone as it battered the East Coast on Monday.
As the storm continues into Tuesday, officials warn the heaviest of the snow accumulation is still to come in some places, with two feet predicted in total.
On Monday night, 20 inches or more had already fallen from eastern Pennsylvania to northern New Jersey. The highest total of 30 inches was reported in Mendham, New Jersey, at 11 pm.
The first victim of the winter freeze was named on Monday evening as a 67-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who reportedly wandered away from her home in Pennsylvania.
And three further deaths, also in Pennsylvania, were announced by authorities on Monday night in a murder-suicide linked to dispute between neighbors over snow shoveling.
With flakes falling since Sunday evening, the National Weather Service said more than 15.3 of snow had fallen in Manhattan’s Central Park as of 5 pm, making it the first snowstorm to dump a foot or more of snow on the city in just over five years.
Video posted to social media also showed the battle against coastal flooding in New Jersey just after high tide late Monday morning near Atlantic City, Belmar, Manasquan, and Wildwood.
Although the heaviest parts of the storm had moved through the metropolitan area by Monday evening, lighter snow showers were expected to continue virtually all-day Tuesday.
Parts of New England also braced for a foot or more by the time the snow finally tapers off in the northernmost states by Wednesday evening, the weather service said.
Rates of up to 2 inches per hour are possible in localized areas, particularly in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
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BOSTON: Crews work to clear snow in the city during winter storm Orlena on Monday night
NYC: A worker clears snow from Times Square during a snow storm on Monday night
MARYLAND: An accident in Frederick County, Maryland, between a tractor-trailer and an SUV on Monday
PENNSYLVANIA: A person walks during a winter storm near the Robert Indiana sculpture ‘LOVE’ at John F.Kennedy Plaza
D.C.: Members of the National Guard are seen at a checkpoint walking through the snow on Monday
CONNECTICUT: A dog watched the shoveling, scraping and plowing as the storm continued on Monday
The worsrt of the snow accumulation has so far been in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as pictured
MASSACHUSETTS: A couple walk their dogs as the snow falls in Raymond Park in Cambridge on Monday
MASSACHUSETTS: Father and son build a snowman, as the snow falls in St Peter’s Field in Cambridge
NEW JERSEY: Footage posted to social media showed the coastal flooding in New Jersey, pictured
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PENNSYLVANIA: Bode Ouellette, 10, lies in the snow to make a snow angel in Wallingford
NYC: A woman poses for photos as snow continues to fall in Times Square on Monday night
NYC: A man rides a sled towed by a truck as snow continues to fall in Times Square
NYC: A worker clears snow from Times Square during the snow storm on Monday
In northeastern Pennsylvania, a shooting stemming from an argument between neighbors over snow disposal during Monday’s storm left three people dead.
Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis said a husband and wife were shot to death in the street outside their Plains Township home just before 9 a.m.Monday.
The suspect was found dead in his home of a self-inflicted wound. The county coroner pronounced all three dead just before 11:30 a.m, according to .
Salavantis said the preliminary investigation indicates that there was an ongoing dispute but ‘this morning, the dispute was exacerbated by a disagreement over snow disposal.’
Chief Dale Binker of the township police department, however, said police had no record of the neighbors fighting, but there may have been a previous dispute that also concerned ‘placement of snow in somebody’s yard.’
A shooting stemming from an argument between neighbors over snow disposal during Monday’s storm left three people dead.Police are pictured above at the scene in Plains Township in northeastern Pennsylvania
Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis said a husband and wife were shot newark nj to nyc death in the street outside their Plains Township home just before 9 a.m.Monday. The suspect was found dead in his home after allegedly shooting himself
James Goy, 50, and Lisa Goy, 48, argued with Jeffrey Spaide, 47, who lived across the street.Pictured, police at the scene
James Goy, 50, and Lisa Goy, 48, argued with Jeffrey Spaide, 47, who lived across the street, and Spaide went into his house, came out with a handgun and fired at the couple until the weapon was empty, Binker said.
He then went inside, came out with an AR-15-type rifle, and fired twice more at each victim with that weapon, he said.
Arriving officers tried to aid the couple, and they were knocking on the suspect’s door to arrest him when they heard a single shot, finding him dead after they entered, Binker said.A total of 15 to 20 shots were fired, he said.
The Goys had a 15-year-old son with autism who is now staying with his grandparents, Binker said.
The snow was still falling through Monday night and expected to contoinued right through Tuesday
The storm had already dropped a fott of snow in Chicago before it hit the Northeast on Sunday night
Overnnight on Monday, the National Weather Service was predicting wind speeds of up to 24mph
The National Weather Service predicted the snow would continue right through Tuesday
PENNSYLVANIA: Workers shovel snow during the winter storm on Monday night
PENNSYLVANIA: Attempts were made to clear part of the snow as it continued to fall on Monday night
NYC: A man carries a snow shovel down Central Park West in New York City
NYC: Collapsed outdoor dining tents are seen outside a restaurant in Koreatown in Manhattan
NYC: A man delivers food on his electric bicycle as he rides past snow-covered dining tables in midtown Manhattan
CONNECTICUT: Town worker Kevin Teets shovels snow from the steps of the George Maxwell Memorial Library
NYC: Children sled down the steps of Federal Hall as snow falls in New York on Monday
It comes after the first victim of the storm was named as 67-year-old Patricia Becker,
Becker, who suffered with Alzheimer’s disease, reportedly wandered away from her home and was found dead of hypothermia on an Allentown street Monday morning.
She was reported missing around 4am, which led to a massive search by Allentown Police.
Becker was found lying in the snow just a few blocks away from the apartment building a few hours later.
She was pronounced dead from hypothermia around 9:40am.
The Lehigh County coroner’s office said the death does not appear to be suspicious.
Patricia Becker, 67, reportedly wandered away from her home and died from hypothermia on Monday morning
Becker was found in the snow having frozen to death just four blocks away from her home
NEW JERSEY: A car covered by snow is pictured during a winter storm in Guttenberg, New Jersey
NEW JERSEY: A woman walks by a street during a winter storm in North Bergen on Monday
NEW JERSEY: People walk along a snow-covered street during a storm in Hoboken
NYC: People wait for the L Train at Broadway Junction, Brooklyn as overground subway services are suspended
NYC: People make their way through heavy snowfall in Manhattan on Monday evening
NYC: Two men are seen using a trolley to push boxes through the snow in the Bronx
CONNECTICUT: An empty road in Connecticut as the snow continues to fall through Monday night
NYC: Snow falls in Times Square on on Monday night with more forecast throughout Tuesday
NYC: Pedestrians bundled up for cold weather and vehicles fill a snow covered Sixth Avenue in New York City
The snow has also caused transit chaos across the region. Officials have been urging millions of Americans along the East Coast to stay home as storm conditions worsen into the night, causing road, public transport and bridge closures.
Hundreds of flights and many trains and were canceled, and aboveground New York City subway service stopped at 2 p.m., to resume at 5 am on Tuesday.
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