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State Of Emergency New Jersey

December 27, 2010 by · Comments Off on State Of Emergency New Jersey 

State Of Emergency New Jersey, This week end a series of snow storms started, all major cities of country facing the problems of road and air ways, People are facing problems in holidays with this. Recently A major snowstorm hit the New York area on Sunday, bringing to a standstill Travel thunder and lightning and the same cause in the snow.

Airport New York JFK and Newark Liberty International Airport were even forced to close. JFK was not expected to reopen at 5 am Monday. Newark airport would remain closed until 10 o’clock; it might not have mattered if the airport remained open since airlines canceled more than 1,400 flights at three major area airports.

Acting Governor of New Jersey declared a state of emergency Sunday night. State Senate President Steve Sweeney is filling while the Governor Chris Christie and Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno are out of state. The city of Elizabeth, Union County, had seen more than 11 inches of snow by 18 pm on Sunday. NJ Transit, the state system of public transport stopped bus service statewide after 6:30 p.m.

The National Weather Service forecast more than 18 inches of snow in New York City. Areas north and west were expected to get more than 20 inches of snow from the storm. The snow was falling at a rate of 2-3 inches per hour as bands of heavy snow down on the area after sundown Sunday night. Wind gusts up to 50 km / h were reported in the region.

New Jersey police said nearly 100 accidents on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike. Speed limits were dropped to as low as 35 mph on stretches of toll roads. Amtrak canceled all train service between New York and Boston at least until Monday morning, leaving people to sleep on their luggage at New York Penn Station. New York, Long Island Rail Road has also suspended the Service to Pennsylvania Station and the Atlantic Terminal on Sunday night because of the massive winter storm. Subway system in New York was left running with some delay related to weather.

New Jersey State of Emergency Snow | USsPost.com

February 10, 2010 by · Comments Off on New Jersey State of Emergency Snow | USsPost.com 

Snowstorm-150x150New Jersey State of Emergency Snow | USsPost.com:Today in the Garden State, a slow-moving snowstorm is expected to create a wintry mess. Snowstorm is packed with strong winds and heavy moisture and many flights have been delayed due to this expected snowstorm while offices have also been closed. Emergency crews and hospital workers are standing alert while police officials are advising people to stay away from the roads.

20 inches of snow is expected in coastal areas and in Philadelphia suburbs. Northern New Jersey is also expecting snow. Seven South Jersey counties have been declared as disaster areas by the federal government after a massive late-December snowstorm. The affected areas include Atlantic, Cumberland, Burlington Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties which were covered with 2 feet of snow.

These affected areas require large amount of money for cleaning and clearing operations and federal government has decided to help them by federal funds.

Sour: http://news.puggal.com/state-of-emergency-new-jersey-21928/

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