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LIRR suspends service as snow buries Long Island
Updated at 12:39 PM today
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LONG ISLAND (WABC) -- Travel problems are piling up with the snow on Long Island.
Long Island Rail Road service remains completely suspended Monday morning, and officials expect trains to be out well through the morning commute.
The LIRR plans to operate on a holiday schedule Monday if service ever does resume.
On the eastern end of Long Island, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said that workers would be plowing the roads through the night, but that snow was accumulating quickly.
"All we can do is try the best we can to make tomorrow's rush as tolerable as possible," Levy said. "But it's going to be extremely problematic."
Forecasters issued a blizzard warning for Long Island through Monday.
Some areas of Long Island recieved upwards of 20 inches.
More than 275 Nassau County employees were prepared to clear the streets over the next two days.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano urged people to stay off the roads.
"Strong winds bring an additional concern of downed power lines, which make a dangerous condition and slows down the clean up time," he said. "This is a storm that we are very concerned about."
Mangano said the storm also created a double whammy for the local economy because not only are they bringing in people to work overtime on Sunday, but a big post-Christmas shopping day is also lost.
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