US East Coast; emergency on "Snowmageddon"
2010-02-08 | 10:17:05 am
Hundreds of emergency crews battled Sunday to clear snow-clogged roads and restore power to thousands of homes across the US east coast before a new storm hits, aided by some welcome winter sun.
An early morning freeze, which had turned partially cleared highways into icy skating rinks, gave way to warmer temperatures helping the big melt to get under way, but officials warned travel was still hazardous.
With record snowfall of more than three feet (a meter) in many places after a monster blizzard swept across Virginia, Maryland and the nation's capital, bulldozers had to move in.
The record snowfall for a storm dubbed "Snowmageddon" was registered in a small town of Colesville, central Maryland which was blanketed by 40 inches (101 centimeters), the National Weather Center said.
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Source: Agence France Presse