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Slow-moving storm leaves swaths of Mid-Atlantic with almost 2 meters of snow from the southern reaches New England Sunday in a weekend attack along the east coast has caused at least five dead, disabled and normally travel to the left with no empty shops crowded holiday customers.Blizzard warnings are in force in parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, with gusts to 60 mph. Just as 16 centimeters of snow will cover the southern part of New England.
But the first arrival of winter weather on a quiet Sunday morning could not be better timing, "said Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
"Other than to spoil Christmas shopping - in terms of emergency manager is perfect timing," said the judge. "Even now we do not fight clean, people will try to get to work."
Still others are trying in the aftermath.
Prague winter solstice, the storm dropped 16 inches of snow from Reagan National Airport outside Washington on Saturday - the most in all that one day in December - and southern New Jersey had its highest single-storm snowfall amounts to almost four years. Some of the deepest will be recorded in a suburb of Philadelphia in Medford, NJ, up to 24 inches.
"For people looking for a white Christmas, it is certainly stick around for Christmas," National Weather meteorologist Bruce Sullivan told AP Radio.
Even the NFL, with a sacred tradition to play in all weather conditions, including a football pitch nicknamed the "frozen tundra," pushing back the scheduled start time the game Sunday in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
After New York, the brunt of the storm hit Long Island, in the blizzard conditions. Almost 25 inches were recorded in Upton. Street cleaning crews first Sunday reported Whiteout conditions, said Lt. Robert P. Iberg Southampton police.
Almost 11 centimeters of snow in New York on Sunday morning, a storm may be the worst the city has seen about 26 inches fell in Central Park in February 2006, the national weather service meteorologist Patrick Maloit said.
Although the storm in the metro area, which remained treacherous conditions and recommends that drivers stay off the road, Maloit said. Delays are expected on the bus, metro and train routes.
Near Farmingdale, NY, about 150 people stranded in train Long Island Rail Road for more than five hours a combination of snow drifts, ice, traffic problems and equipment failures due to weather.
Rail spokeswoman Susan McGowan said the Ronkonkoma-bound train left Penn Station at 2:53 on Sunday and then had to be towed to a nearby station and put passengers on the second train and sent on their way. There were no reports of injuries.
McGowan said LIRR will offer limited services, and delays were on average two hours.
With a strong wind Swirling Gusts keep powder snow storm is so bad on Saturday with attractions like the Smithsonian museums in Washington and Philadelphia Zoo is closed. National Mall, usually teeming with tourists, but the landscape snowball fights.
Not all consumers are discouraged.
"Really helped me with the spirit of Christmas," said Kathryn Mariani, who train to his home city of Philadelphia to Germantown.
Mayors of Washington and Philadelphia and governor of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware declared any emergency.
In West Virginia, hundreds of drivers were given blankets, and some motorists to wait up to 27 hours on the highway, Red Cross spokesman Jeff Morris.
The storm hit last week before Christmas, where access is traditionally frantic buyers leave. But around the shopping centers in suburban Philadelphia to New Jersey on Saturday, traffic was sparse and slow.
Prime parking spot is available all day in the Cherry Hill Mall and more, no line on the picture with Santa. "It's fantastic," said Chris Bailey, who obtained pictures of his 4-year-old daughter Olivia.
Shops near shopping centers and restaurants closed early morning hours.
Salt trucks and plows were in force. Speed limit is reduced to a few roads, including the New Jersey gateway. But scores of measures to prevent cars from sliding in channels.
Virginia man was killed in a car accident caused by slippery roads, and authorities said the weather may have contributed to other traffic death there. Third death in Virginia, believes that it is caused by exposure. In Ohio, two people died in an accident on the snow-covered roads affected by the same storm system.
New Jersey, the bus got stuck in the snow-covered railroad tracks in Pennsauken and hit by a train. 26 passengers were evacuated from the bus 10 minutes before the fall, and only minor injuries that were suffered one of the train engineer, NJ Transit spokesman Dan Stessel said.
Greyhound shut down service in Washington and points north, and ferry services in Delaware and New Jersey has been canceled.
Airports in northeastern also jammed. Most flights were canceled on several, including Reagan National and Dulles in Washington, Philadelphia International, New York, three major airports and Logan Airport in Boston.
Since Sunday morning, one route to Dulles International Airport is open, handling arrival flights, airport spokeswoman Tara Hamilton. At Reagan National, crews are still "moving a large amount of snow deposited in the area, and Hamilton said the airport would be opened for business in the morning.
Both airports expected a busy day with people, engage their flight scheduled for Sunday and were able to fly on Friday and Saturday, "he said.
Philadelphia Airport spokeswoman Phyllis VanIstendal said that the continuing bad weather and aircraft outside the area, the problems continue on Sunday.
