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NYC under travel ban from deadly East Coast snowstorm
[url]http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nyc-under-travel-ban-from-deadly-east-coast-snowstorm/ar-BBoBukS?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=HPDHP[/URL]
Large portions of Interstate 75 in Kentucky were in gridlock for hours,with a 6-mile backup at one point because of wreckage, AP reported. State trooper Kendra Wilson told CNN on Saturday morning that some people had been trapped on the highway for more than 12 hours.
Virginia State Police reported 989 car crashes statewide by late Friday and had assisted nearly 800 disabled vehicles, said Ken Schrad, spokesman for the Virginia State Police Joint Information Center.
In Pennsylvania, the National Guard was sent in to help motorists stranded along the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bedford and Somerset counties, officials said, according to PennLive. Some travelers reported being stuck for at least 10 hours after several tractor-trailers had trouble climbing a steep portion of the roadway near the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel in Somerset County.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ordered cars without chains or snow tires to stay off the streets to avoid creating problems for snow removal, The Baltimore Sun reported.
[url]http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nyc-under-travel-ban-from-deadly-east-coast-snowstorm/ar-BBoBukS?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=HPDHP[/URL]
Large portions of Interstate 75 in Kentucky were in gridlock for hours,with a 6-mile backup at one point because of wreckage, AP reported. State trooper Kendra Wilson told CNN on Saturday morning that some people had been trapped on the highway for more than 12 hours.
Virginia State Police reported 989 car crashes statewide by late Friday and had assisted nearly 800 disabled vehicles, said Ken Schrad, spokesman for the Virginia State Police Joint Information Center.
In Pennsylvania, the National Guard was sent in to help motorists stranded along the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bedford and Somerset counties, officials said, according to PennLive. Some travelers reported being stuck for at least 10 hours after several tractor-trailers had trouble climbing a steep portion of the roadway near the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel in Somerset County.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ordered cars without chains or snow tires to stay off the streets to avoid creating problems for snow removal, The Baltimore Sun reported.
