THE northeastern US began digging out on Saturday in the wake of a fierce blizzard that left at least six dead, half a million customers without power, and air, road and rail links paralysed.
n Massachusetts an 11-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide poisoning
Saturday after being overcome as he sat in a running car to keep warm,
while his father was shoveling snow to get the car out of a snow bank.
Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said the boy was helping his father shovel the snow in the Dorchester neighborhood but got cold, so his father started the car and the boy got inside the vehicle. MacDonald said the car exhaust was covered by a snow bank, causing the fumes to collect in the car.
"I don't know how long the boy was in the car, at some point the father was still working and was unaware of the boy's condition," said Boston firefighter Octavius Rowe, who lives nearby and went to help. "So very, very unfortunate."
When the boy was overcome by the fumes, the father went into respiratory arrest and emergency workers took both to Boston Medical Center, officials said. The boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. No names were released.
Meanwhile, the storm dumped between one and two feet (30 -60cm) of snow across New England, with hurricane-strength wind gusts helping to create massive drifts. But according to the National Weather Service, the system was on its way out of the region.
New York area airports LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark, which halted all flights during the height of the storm on Friday, were expected to resume service shortly. However, FlightAware.com listed almost 2000 cancellations, on top of the 3000 plus flights scrapped on Friday.
Amtrak said its rail link between New York and Boston would remain closed, but trains were resuming normal schedules to the capital, Washington.
A driving ban remained in force in Massachusetts, where some two feet (60cm) of snow fell in the blizzard, burying Boston streets.
Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said the boy was helping his father shovel the snow in the Dorchester neighborhood but got cold, so his father started the car and the boy got inside the vehicle. MacDonald said the car exhaust was covered by a snow bank, causing the fumes to collect in the car.
"I don't know how long the boy was in the car, at some point the father was still working and was unaware of the boy's condition," said Boston firefighter Octavius Rowe, who lives nearby and went to help. "So very, very unfortunate."
When the boy was overcome by the fumes, the father went into respiratory arrest and emergency workers took both to Boston Medical Center, officials said. The boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. No names were released.
Meanwhile, the storm dumped between one and two feet (30 -60cm) of snow across New England, with hurricane-strength wind gusts helping to create massive drifts. But according to the National Weather Service, the system was on its way out of the region.
New York area airports LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark, which halted all flights during the height of the storm on Friday, were expected to resume service shortly. However, FlightAware.com listed almost 2000 cancellations, on top of the 3000 plus flights scrapped on Friday.
Amtrak said its rail link between New York and Boston would remain closed, but trains were resuming normal schedules to the capital, Washington.
A driving ban remained in force in Massachusetts, where some two feet (60cm) of snow fell in the blizzard, burying Boston streets.
