Authorities in Maryland say a woman has been rescued after being stranded inside a car buried in snow for three days.
WJLA reports that officials say the unidentified woman was rescued Monday near Accokeek. She had been trapped inside the car since Friday.
Major Luis Gurri says the vehicle was located on a side street that hadn’t been plowed. Gurri says a Humvee was able to get to the car and soldiers were able to get the woman out.
A woman was rescued near Accokeek, Md. on Monday after being trapped inside a car that was buried in snow since Friday, officials said.
“It was located on a side street that hadn’t been plowed, so the Humvee was able to get to the vehicle and the soldiers were about to get her out,” Major Luis Gurri said.
It appears the woman will be okay. she is conscious and uninjured as she was loaded into the Humvee and driven away to safety. The reason as to why she was in the car were not yet known.
http://wjla.com/news/local/woman-stranded-in-car-since-friday-in-maryland-rescued
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Snowstorm ‘Jonas’ ‒ nicknamed “Snowzilla” by many ‒ dumped massive amounts of snow all along the East Coast, including the most snow in New York City since 1869. At least 25 people perished during the storm and its fallout. A Philadelphia man died in his car after it was buried under the snow by a plow.
https://www.rt.com/usa/330237-maryland-car-trapped-snow/
A killer snowstorm that battered the South and the nation’s capital brought greater New York City to a standstill on Saturday, packing gale-force winds, heavy snow and coastal flooding as it churned up the East Coast.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he was closing all New York City and Long Island roads at 2:30 p.m., and the above-ground sections of the subway and regional trains at 4 p.m. City buses closed down at noon.
The snow was coming down on the Big Apple at a rate of up to 3 inches per hour. Meteorologists updated their forecast overnight for New York to get up to 24 inches of snow, a jump from initially modest predictions.
The leading edge of a monster snowstorm arrived on Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., threatening to dump as many as 30 inches (76 cm) of powder on parts of the Middle Atlantic region and bring record accumulations to the U.S. capital.
After days of planning by emergency officials and a scramble by residents to stock up on supplies, the blizzard got underway in the nation’s capital at about 1 p.m. The storm, expected to end late on Saturday afternoon, could leave 2 to 2.5 feet (61 to 76 cm) on the ground and bring winds of 30 to 50 mph (48 to 80 kph), according to the National Weather Service.
The western suburbs of the capital were expecting up to 3 feet of snow. In Virginia, the National Guard planned to bring in up to 300 troops to deal with emergencies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKCN0UZ25C?utm_source=twitter
A powerful storm barreled toward Washington, D.C., and much of the East Coast on Friday, threatening to bury the region under as much to 30 inches (76 cm) of snow after blasting Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky with a wintry mix.
The National Weather Service said the storm had the potential to cripple a broad swath of the Northeast, with about 2 feet (61 cm) of snow due to hit the Baltimore and Washington metro areas starting on Friday afternoon. Western suburbs could get even more snow.
“I want to be very clear with everybody. This is a major storm,” Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said as the nation’s capital braced for what could turn out to be one of the worst storms in its history.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKCN0UZ25C?utm_source=twitter
Washington D.C., New York and other East Coast cities readied fleets of snow plows, thousands of flights were canceled or delayed and residents stocked up on groceries on Thursday ahead of a winter storm expected to dump up to 30 inches (76 cm) of snow on the region.
At least five states had declared emergencies by Thursday afternoon, as the season’s first major Atlantic Coast storm started to move over the Mid-South before barreling on an expected north and eastward course bringing up to two feet of snow to some areas.
Blizzard warnings were out in the nation’s capital and Baltimore, with extreme conditions expected to begin on Friday afternoon, while New York City was under a blizzard watch for Saturday morning.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which includes the second-busiest U.S. subway system, said it would suspend operations from late on Friday through Sunday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKCN0UZ25C?utm_source=twitter
Amtrak will be operating a modified schedule in the Northeast, due to a winter storm forecasted to impact the mid-Atlantic region. Passengers holding reservations are strongly encouraged to keep a close eye on conditions and make any necessary changes in advance of their scheduled departure using Amtrak.com or our mobile apps to check their train status.
Acela Express, Northeast Regional and other services between locations in Virginia and Boston, as well as Keystone Service between Harrisburg, Pa., and New York, will be operating throughout the weekend, but will have modified schedules. Most Northeast Corridor service between Washington, D.C., and Boston will operate as scheduled on Friday, Jan. 22. Passengers who have reservations on affected services are being contacted and accommodated on other trains with similar departure times or offered alternate travel dates.
http://blog.amtrak.com/2016/01/amtrak-modifies-service-for-predicted-winter-storm/
The weather may be cooling down, but Twitter’s been burning up with the announcement of impending Winter Storm Jonas.
On Thursday, January 21, weather stations across the nation warned of a monster snowstorm set to hit New York, Washington D.C. and Boston on Saturday, January 23, and fans of the Jonas Brothers jumped at the chance to create and resurface some hilarious memes.
With heavy snowfall predicted by the weekend from the Appalachians to Philadelphia and maybe farther north, people throughout the region readied themselves for blocked roads, power outages and canceled flights.
The National Weather Service said in a statement Wednesday that 12 to 16 inches of snow could come down between Friday night and Sunday morning around the Interstate 95 corridor. As much as a foot of snow is possible for Philadelphia’s northern suburbs.
Mitchell Gaines of the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey, said people should be prepared for strong winds, heavy, wet snow and power outages.
http://nypost.com/2016/01/21/east-coast-prepares-for-this-weekends-massive-snow-storm/
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