Feb. 18 (UPI) — People in the Northeast and Midwest are still digging out Sunday night after a rogue winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey at a rate of 4 inches per hour.
The snow is part of a mass of cold air that reintroduced itself in the region after warmer temps pulled the states out of the deep freeze with rock bottom temperatures and high winds.
A quick-moving storm skipped across the Northeast, subjecting residents to a wintry mix of ice, slow and wind as the front traveled from St. Louis to the East coast in just over 24 hours during the weekend.
Pennsylvania got the most snow. 14.8 inches in Macungie, and 13.8 inches in Center Valley. Pittsburgh got a little over 6 inches. !3 inches fell on Holland Township, New Jersey Saturday. Coney Island, New York got just under 10 inches and Central Park in New York City was blanketed with a little more than an inch.
Before it moved East, the storm dumped half a foot of snow on St. Louis, which created huge traffic problems on Interstate-70, where the local fire department responded to a large pile up as well as several weather-related, smaller multi-vehicle accidents.