Federal government offices in the Washington area will be closed on Monday, with government offices and local schools, said Office's of Personnel Management.
Washington closed US federal government offices on Monday, while New York prepares for a normal working day after the worst snowstorm in decades plague the eastern United States, as the residents of both cities played in the snow. deviation
Midtown Manhattan came to live in the light and bright as locals and tourists alike rejoice in the warm sun Sunday, digging buried car, heading for Broadway shows and play in the big gap left by the second major snow storm in the history of New York City.
In Washington, where the traffic ban is still in force, is beginning a slow recovery, with all transportation systems are closed until Sunday. Office of Personnel Management said federal government offices in the Washington area will be closed on Monday, with government offices and local schools.
However, many people in the street. Some gliding and snowboarding down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the security guards take.
The whole region seemed to breathe easier after the historic storm that left at least 20 people were killed in several countries.
"For us, the snow like a normal winter," said Viola Rogacka, 21, a model walking poles with friends through Times Square in New York. "This is the way it should look like."
Broadway shows in the theater reopened after a snowstorm forced the dark Saturday recommendation mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio.
"We still have some areas that we need to do a lot of work, but got through it very well," de Blasio said on ABC's "This Week" chain. "I think tomorrow will be very good. We believe we will mostly be up and running again in the city tomorrow."
STORM HISTORY
Thirteen people were killed in traffic accidents related to the weather in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia on Saturday. One person died in Maryland and three in New York, while shoveling snow. Two died of hypothermia in Virginia and one of poisoning by carbon monoxide in Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Reinsurance Munich Re said it was too early to estimate losses from the storm.
Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, lifted the ban on travel to New York City around the area and Long Island at 7 am (1200 GMT) on Sunday. By Cuomo declared a state of emergency is still in place.
Most buses and subways operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to work again at 9:00 (1400 GMT), officials said. The agency is working to restore full service on Sunday.
Line of Metro-North Railroad, which serves northern and eastern suburbs of the city of New York, was restored on Sunday afternoon and operate on a Sunday schedule. The service was discontinued in Long Island Rail Road.
A spokesman for the New York Stock Exchange said the market is planning to open as usual on Monday. City schools also set to open on Monday.
Upper West Side of Manhattan, grocery buyer through compressed brown mud and snow and ice opened, and balancing their bags in his hands.
Pilots do their best to release the car that had been blocked in the snow, but often turning their wheels as they try to reach the road.
Outside the city, the suburbs of New Jersey seemed Vermont.
"I'm not sure where I am now because of all the snow," said Patty Orsini, 56, a marketing analyst Maplewood, New Jersey in the nearby South Mountain Reservation. "It's good to be out in the sun today. Yesterday was scary to come out," he said as he cut in your skis.
RECORDS SET
Washington, which has a poor track record in dealing with snow, looked ready to get back into the routine Monday after the biggest snowstorm in decades, with major airports, public buses and the subway was completely closed all day Sunday. Metro trains began limited from 07:00 on Monday.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser published before a public apology for the headache caused by the snowstorm moves, which the locals called "Snowzilla." He said the team worked overnight and on Sunday the main pirates and only took back roads and the environment.
Public schools closed Monday at many Washington and Baltimore, with some closed until Tuesday. All federal government offices will be closed on Monday and the US House of Representatives They canceled their vote by February 1 and the Pentagon to cancel all events.
However, hikers, sledders, skiers several cars and occasionally ventured into dazzling white in bright sunlight.
Paul Schaaf, a helicopter pilot for 49 years to the Children's Hospital in Washington, cycles 7-1 / 2 miles (12 km) to work on overnight and planned to turn the bike back Arlington, Virginia, on the second Monday morning.
"I have to go to work, no matter what. And the best way is on a bicycle with snow tires with steel nails," he said. "There is nothing stopping me."
The food store in Washington, branch broad market, opened with a few employees, and trying to organize volunteers to shovel sidewalks parents and others who need help.
"I have a lot of people on the list, but I have not had children signed up for work today," the owner Tracy Stannard.
In Dupont Circle, hundreds gathered at the stone and the other with snowballs. Jomel Nichols, a tourist from Kansas City, Missouri, the following three exchange students and their daughter, full of snow.
"Everyone saw me as a teenager would do," he told Reuters Television.
FLIGHT CANCELLED
Among the airports in the New York area, John F. Kennedy, Newark Liberty and LaGuardia opened, with limited flight activity is expected on Sunday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said.
About 150,000 customers in North Carolina and 90,000 in New Jersey lost power during the storm, but most services have been restored on Sunday afternoon.
On Sunday, moderate coastal flooding remains a concern in Atlantic County Jersey, said Linda Gilmore, public information officer of the city government.
