Severe Atlantic storm grips Florida to New England
Washington reports an historic coastal storm from Florida to Massachusetts bringing heavy snow and record low temperatures. Snow totals reach 20 inches since Saturday, 34 inches in 8 days. Florida freezes reach 28 degrees in Tampa. Georgia to Arkansas see 9 to 24 below zero. Funeral services disrupted as graves remained unopened and undertakers faced frostbitten drivers.
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Icebound East River Halts New York Dead Burials
New York faces a backlog of unburied bodies as East River ice blocks charity steamers from Hart's Island. Since last Tuesday no burials occurred, with 58 bodies in morgue Sunday rising to 82 by Monday. The Brennan remained docked at East Twenty-sixth Street awaiting thaw, while morgue capacity strains to hold the overflow.
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All records set by fierce January storm across cities
Washington suffered three feet of snow and rail links were severed as the blizzard raged. Temperatures plunged across the South with Jacksonville 10 above, Vicksburg 1 below, and Atlanta 9 below the record low. New Orleans 22 above, while Mississippi and Alabama reported severe crop damage and frostbite cases. Denver noted relief as lines reopen, though Leadville line remains blocked. Philadelphia reports the storm abating with further details pending.
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Montgomery
Mercury
Chicago
Mississippi
Pittsburg Railroads Halted by Severe Cold Lockdown
Pittsburg reports five days of bitter cold have halted all through traffic eastbound, with rail lines blockaded and officials unable to predict when service will resume. Boston also snowbound with two days of continuous snowfall, streets blocked and drifts reaching upper stories in suburbs.
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