Snowstorm: A robust winter storm blanketed components of Northeast and extra snow is predicted Tuesday

Elements of japanese Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey have seen greater than 2 toes of snow. The best totals reported to date have been within the Pennsylvania communities of Nazareth and Historical Oaks, with 31 inches, in accordance with the Nationwide Climate Service.

And over a foot of snow has lined areas in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

New York Metropolis’s Central Park was lined by greater than 17 inches of snow by early Tuesday — putting the storm within the prime 20 snowstorms within the metropolis’s recorded historical past.

“This winter storm is already producing giant quantities of snow and creating harmful journey circumstances and it’s anticipated to proceed into tomorrow,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo mentioned Monday.

On Tuesday, snowfall is predicted to be heaviest throughout northern New England, the place a further 6-12 inches are anticipated. Lighter snow is predicted throughout a lot of the Northeast.

But it surely’s not simply the heavy snow and blizzard-like circumstances worrying officers: Coastal flood alerts — together with watches, warnings and advisories — from Maine to southern Delaware, are in impact for greater than 16 million individuals.

The New York governor’s workplace warned Monday that neighborhoods alongside the coast might expertise “a number of rounds of flooding, particularly throughout excessive tides.”

Minor to average flooding was reported throughout the area’s coast early Tuesday, sufficient to flood out basements, roads and trigger minor structural injury, in accordance with CNN meteorologist Michael Man. Water ranges are presently about two to 4 toes above regular, Man mentioned.

“Any such flooding is extraordinarily harmful and could be lethal,” Man added.

A person shovels snow in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood on Monday.

Some vaccination websites stay closed Tuesday

In the meantime, vaccination websites throughout New York have been closed Monday as a result of storm and no less than 5 state-run vaccine websites within the state can be closed Tuesday, the governor mentioned.

“For the security of each employees and people scheduled to obtain a vaccination, we can be suspending appointments for tomorrow at a number of vaccination websites which are being impacted by this storm,” Cuomo mentioned in a press release. “To be clear — nobody is dropping an appointment — they are going to all be rescheduled when circumstances are safer.”

In New Jersey — nonetheless below a state of emergency — Gov. Phil Murphy introduced state places of work and the state’s six vaccine mega-sites will stay closed Tuesday on account of climate circumstances.

“Heavy snow, coastal flooding, and excessive winds are anticipated to proceed throughout the state immediately into tomorrow,” Murphy mentioned Monday. “I urge all of our residents to observe weather-related steerage and keep off the roads with the intention to enable entry for important employees and emergency personnel.”

In Pennsylvania, the place Gov. Tom Wolf signed a catastrophe emergency proclamation in response to the storm, officers mentioned Monday they have been anxious about how the circumstances would have an effect on vaccinations.

“All through the storm, (the Pennsylvania Emergency Administration Company) is working with our state and county companions to ensure we’ve a transparent understanding of the storm and the way it’s affecting completely different components of the state,” PEMA Director Randy Padfield mentioned.

“We’re significantly involved with cargo and supply of COVID-19 vaccines, so we respect residents who’re taking this storm critically and staying off the roads as a result of fewer automobiles means fewer incidents that might delay these operations,” Padfield added.

Pedestrians make their way through heavy snow and wind in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Monday.

Harmful journey circumstances throughout the area

Because the storm pummeled Connecticut on Monday, Stamford authorities introduced they rescued two individuals from a pickup truck that was hit by excessive winds, snow and a robust tide that induced the automobile to fill with water.

On Monday afternoon, firefighters discovered the truck partially submerged and floating 40 toes away from the shore, the Stamford Fireplace Division mentioned. A feminine was standing on one aspect of the automobile shouting {that a} male was trapped inside, the division mentioned.

Firefighters found the vehicle floating about 40 feet from the shore.

Firefighters swam to the automobile and have been capable of get the feminine out with the assistance of an aerial ladder, whereas they labored to rescue the male because the truck rapidly grew to become solely submerged by water,” the division mentioned in its information launch.

“One firefighter maintained a bodily maintain on the person’s arm and was capable of pull him by means of the small window after the truck was utterly below water,” the division mentioned. “As soon as he was free, firefighters positioned the person into the tower ladder and each occupants have been dropped at shore.”

The male was later transported to the hospital, authorities mentioned.

In New Jersey, state police reported Monday night time that they had responded to greater than 660 motorized vehicle crashes and greater than 1,000 motorist aids in a few day.

“Motorist aids could be something from flat tires, mechanical breakdowns, spin outs, and so on,” state police mentioned. “We urge residents to stay off of the roads.”

CNN’s Dave Hennen, Judson Jones, Jason Hanna, Taylor Ward, Joe Sutton, Laura Ly, Evan Simko Bednarski contributed to this report.