SNOW WAY OUT: A dog tries to dig its way out from his owner's home that was buried under a mountain of snow after a massive blizzard slammed Newfoundland.
A pedestrian walks through heavy snow in St. John‚ Newfoundland on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. The city has declared a state of emergency, ordering businesses closed and vehicles off the roads as blizzard conditions descend on the Newfoundland and Labrador capital. *Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Rob Carroll, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said St. John's had experienced a one-day snowfall of 76.2 centimeters , breaking the previous record of 68.4 centimeters on April 5, 1999. "I've never seen the combination of the amount of snow, the rate of snowfall and the wind speed that we've had here over the past couple of days," Breen said.
He said he is about 178 centimeters tall , and"the snow in front of my front step is over my head. I can't see either one of my cars in the driveway." The City of St. John's and several nearby communities declared states of emergency late Friday morning that remained in effect, Breen couldn't say when officials might lift the state of emergency order, which required businesses to close and all non-emergency vehicles to stay off streets.
At the peak of the storm, which some people described as being like a blizzard in a hurricane, even snowplows were pulled off roads as zero-visibility dropped to near zero. Plowing resumed in St. John's overnight.
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