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Forecasters expect another East Coast storm
Three brothers who perished in an icy Texas pond were among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold as crews scrambled Tuesday (Jan. 27) to repair hundreds of thousands of power outages in the South, and forecasters warned that snow and severe cold could return to the East Coast this weekend.
Deep snow — over a foot extending in a 1,300-mile swath from Arkansas to New England — halted traffic, canceled flights and triggered school closures. According to spotters for the National Weather Service, 13 inches had fallen in Nelsonville as of 7 a.m. on Monday and as much as 17 inches in Beacon as of 11 a.m.
In the Highlands, crews worked overnight early in the week to plow the snow and then haul it away. Sitting in his Bobcat on Main Street in Cold Spring on Tuesday, Anthony Winters of the village Highway Department said he had gone to work early Sunday morning and returned home Monday afternoon.
The arctic misery across the eastern half of the U.S. could return today (Jan. 30) and Saturday. Although, as of Thursday, less than 2 inches of snow was expected in the Highlands, the National Weather Service said a storm may bring record low temperatures as far south as Florida.
"This could be the coldest temperature seen in several years for some places and the longest duration of cold in several decades," the agency's Weather Prediction Center warned on Tuesday.
The U.S. aviation system was returning to normal after a brutal weekend that saw more than 17,000 flights canceled. There were about 6,300 cancellations on Monday and 2,500 on Tuesday, but fewer than 500 were expected on Wednesday, according to FlightAware.
Officials in states afflicted with severe cold reported at least 50 deaths. In New York City, officials said 10 people had been found dead outdoors in the cold. In Fannin County, Texas, three brothers, ages 6, 8 and 9, died Monday after falling through ice on a private pond, the sheriff said.
Other deaths included two people hit by snowplows in Massachusetts and Ohio, two teenagers killed while sledding in Arkansas and Texas and a man found in his home in the Indianapolis area with no heat.
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By Highlands CurrentForecasters expect another East Coast storm
Three brothers who perished in an icy Texas pond were among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold as crews scrambled Tuesday (Jan. 27) to repair hundreds of thousands of power outages in the South, and forecasters warned that snow and severe cold could return to the East Coast this weekend.
Deep snow — over a foot extending in a 1,300-mile swath from Arkansas to New England — halted traffic, canceled flights and triggered school closures. According to spotters for the National Weather Service, 13 inches had fallen in Nelsonville as of 7 a.m. on Monday and as much as 17 inches in Beacon as of 11 a.m.
In the Highlands, crews worked overnight early in the week to plow the snow and then haul it away. Sitting in his Bobcat on Main Street in Cold Spring on Tuesday, Anthony Winters of the village Highway Department said he had gone to work early Sunday morning and returned home Monday afternoon.
The arctic misery across the eastern half of the U.S. could return today (Jan. 30) and Saturday. Although, as of Thursday, less than 2 inches of snow was expected in the Highlands, the National Weather Service said a storm may bring record low temperatures as far south as Florida.
"This could be the coldest temperature seen in several years for some places and the longest duration of cold in several decades," the agency's Weather Prediction Center warned on Tuesday.
The U.S. aviation system was returning to normal after a brutal weekend that saw more than 17,000 flights canceled. There were about 6,300 cancellations on Monday and 2,500 on Tuesday, but fewer than 500 were expected on Wednesday, according to FlightAware.
Officials in states afflicted with severe cold reported at least 50 deaths. In New York City, officials said 10 people had been found dead outdoors in the cold. In Fannin County, Texas, three brothers, ages 6, 8 and 9, died Monday after falling through ice on a private pond, the sheriff said.
Other deaths included two people hit by snowplows in Massachusetts and Ohio, two teenagers killed while sledding in Arkansas and Texas and a man found in his home in the Indianapolis area with no heat.