East Coast digging out after massive weekend blizzard
East Coast residents who made the most of a weekend blizzard faced new challenges Monday as the workweek began including slippery roads and spotty transit service.
Officials were also beginning to assess the beach erosion and flood damage caused by the snowstorm, which churned the surf and caused tides to swell in southern New Jersey.
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin on Monday planned to visit the Ortley Beach section of Toms River, the Holgate section of Long Beach Township, Stone Harbor and North Wildwood.
Cape May, Stone Harbor and Ocean City saw record flooding.
New York's transit authority said partial service on the Long Island Rail Road was restored on three of its 12 branches and diesel train service was operating on three other branches.
The director of a charter school in Brooklyn, Wanda Morales, says trains will be the preferred option for many of her teachers.
The Capitol complex in Harrisburg and the Philadelphia and Reading state office buildings were closed for non-essential employees.
On Sunday, as the weather cleared, they walked down the aisle at the country club in front of a packed room.
The zoo remained closed through Monday but a video of its giant panda Tian Tian making snow angels got more than 48 million views.
Vice President of Administration and Finance Narvel Weese said the Morgantown campus and surrounding area remained covered by up to 2 feet of snow.