New York Back on Track After Juno

Updated 2 p.m. EST.

The brunt of Winter Storm Juno passed over New York City Monday night, with snow accumulation of 6.3 inches in Central Park. The travel ban in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester, Nassau counties and New York City lifted at 7:30 a.m. local time, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday morning.

The city remains under a winter storm warning until 7 p.m. local time Tuesday.

Thomas Prendergast, the CEO of New York's MTA, said the LIRR, Metro North, subways and buses will be operating on a fully operational Sunday schedule after noon. Normal weekday service will resume Wednesday, except possibly for portions of the LIRR in Suffolk County. 

Light snow fell for some of the day Tuesday with another 1 to 3 inches of accumulation forecast. Wind gusts were forecast to reach 40 mph.

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Models had predicted Juno could dump much more snow and whipping winds on New York City, prompting the shutdown of the city's transportation systems and widespread school closures in the city and region.

Consequently, the City That Never Sleeps morphed into a ghost town, covered in a blanket of snow, The Associated Press reported early Tuesday morning.

Gov. Cuomo said the travel bans might have helped the roadways get up and running faster on Tuesday. "Because the roads were empty, we could plow the roads," he said. "The system is going to come back online much faster than it would have if the trains were exposed to the conditions, and [they had to be shoveled out of snow]."

He also emphasized the story on Long Island was very different than in the city center. A blizzard warning is still in effect for parts of Long Island, where snowfall totals have reached more than 20 inches. 

Islip Airport on Long Island reported more than 20 inches of snowfall, and blizzard warnings also remained in effect for parts of six states from eastern Long Island to southern and eastern New England Tuesday morning. All warnings in New York State expired by Tuesday afternoon though parts of King County (Brooklyn) and Southern Queens experienced coastal flooding with waves potentially as high as 12 feet.

More than 7,000 U.S. flights scheduled for Monday through Wednesday were canceled, according to FlightAware, including most in and out of New York City. Most major air carriers are allowing for free flight changes and waivers for Northeast travelers, in many cases, through Friday. 

In advance of the storm, governors in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and later Maine declared states of emergency.

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