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Blizzard blankets the South Shore
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Schools closed Monday and Tuesday rates intensified and visibility dropped. M a j o r t h o ro u g h f a re s — Residents of Bellmore and including Merrick Road, SunMerrick spent Mondaay night rise Highway and Bellmore and Tuesday digging out after a Avenue — were among the first late-winter blizzard dropped to be cleared, with neighbormore than a foot of snow across hood streets addressed as conthe South Shore, blanketing ditions improved. By Monday roads, forcing school closings after noon, most main roads and keeping municipal crews were passable, though high working around the s n ow b a n k s n a rclock. rowed lanes and Re p o r t s f ro m reduced available local officials and parking on residenweather observers tial blocks. placed snowfall Sanitation and totals between 15 highway crews conand 17 inches in tinued salting operboth communities, ations Monday to with higher drifts prevent refreezing, in open areas, driva s t e m p e r at u re s en by strong winds. r e m a i n e d b e l ow Snow tapered off on freezing. Officials DAViD FiGuERoA Monday night, said that extended Merrick allowing highway shifts would continand sanitation ue to address icy crews to shift from plowing to patches and clear catch basins widening travel lanes and ahead of a potential midweek clearing intersections. melt. Nassau County of ficials Utility companies such as issued travel advisories at the PSEG reported only scattered height of the storm, urging res- outages in the Bellmore-Meridents to stay off the roads so rick area, largely caused by plows could operate safely. snow-laden branches brushing County Executive Bruce Blake- p owe r l i n e s. S e r v i c e w a s man described conditions as restored quickly in most cases, hazardous, particularly over- and no widespread disruptions night on Sunday, as snowfall
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