By Ryan Schwach<\/p>\n
The World\u2019s Borough was battered by an intense snowstorm along with much of the country over the weekend, leaving locals to dig themselves out of the mounds of powder and slush on Monday. <\/p>\n
Queens was hit with several inches of snow on Sunday, which will be chased by a week of frigid temperatures. The city is reporting at least two deaths in Queens connected to the harsh weather. <\/p>\n
According to the National Weather Service, the borough was inundated with at least nine inches of snow on Sunday into Monday. <\/p>\n
The Weather Service reported nine inches in Elmhurst as of Sunday evening, and 10 inches at the borough\u2019s two airports. The snow totals were record numbers for the airports \u2013 it was the most snow John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports have received at this point in January since 2000. <\/p>\n
Howard Beach and Whitestone both reported 11 inches in spots. <\/p>\n
In the Rockaways, which often bears the brunt of winter storms due to its coastal climate, locals were digging out cars and trudging to work on Monday morning. <\/p>\n
Eagle reporters spotted some brave surfers traversing the boardwalk to catch some frigid waves despite the weather. <\/p>\n
At the other end of the borough in Astoria, most Astorians went about their day-to-day lives regardless of the snow. <\/p>\n
Although getting around through the slushy terrain had its difficulties. <\/p>\n
On Sunday, as the storm ripped through the city, blanketing streets and sidewalks with nearly a foot of snow, locals were told to stay indoors and avoid unnecessary travel. <\/p>\n
\u201cEmpty roads, empty sidewalks \u2014 exactly how it should be today, Queens,\u201d Borough President Donovan Richards said on Sunday on X. <\/p>\n
Richards said that Queens\u2019 streets looked good on Monday, and applauded the mayor\u2019s and the city\u2019s response to the storm. <\/p>\n
But as city workers cleared the streets, the bitter cold was deadly in Queens<\/p>\n
At least two weather-related deaths occurred in the borough \u2013 one in Corona and one in Jamaica. <\/p>\n
Gothamist reported that a 52-year-old man was found unresponsive in Junction Park in Corona, and he was pronounced dead 40 minutes later. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ryan Schwach The World\u2019s Borough was battered by an intense snowstorm along with much of the country…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-113300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}