Winter Storm Helena Kills 6; Brings New York City's First Snow of 2017 | The Weather Channel
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Here are the latest impacts on the Big Apple from this winter storm.

By

Robert Martin

January 8, 2017



Winter Storm Helena continued to cause havoc in the northeast on Sunday.

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says a car skidded off an icy interstate, killing one person.

The death Sunday morning in Montgomery County south of Asheboro is the first reported death from this weekend's winter storm in the state. 

The winter storm has killed at least six people in the West and South and has brought 5.1 inches of snow to New York City, with a 7.5 inch high reported at Kennedy Airport in Queens.

Motorists in Virginia faced a toll hike of $30 on Interstate 495 during the height of the storm. The increase was blamed on Virginia Department of Transportation salt trucks, reports the AP.

(MORE: Latest Impacts in the South from Winter Storm Helena)



Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted a thank-you note to the New York City Department of Sanitation for their hard work clearing roadways through the night as the storm tapered off. 






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People walk on the boardwalk on January 7, 2017 in Ocean City, Maryland. It's estimated that Winter Storm Helena dumped more than eight inches of snow in the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland as Ocean City was under a Winter Storm Warning. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)