Pittsburgh declares State of Emergency after record-setting snowfall
Thank you everybody for being here. I first want to thank our crews who have worked numerous hours, numerous shifts. We have 50 trucks out in 50+ right now on our streets. I want to thank my staff who’s been working around the clock, but I also want to thank the people of Pittsburgh who Be patient throughout this process as well as helping each other out, helping their neighbors. We saw *** lot of people shoveling and helping people get out of their houses and their driveways over the last couple of days. Yesterday we saw almost 1 inch of snow per hour. Um, that would make it, uh, we, we did some calculations that is the 2nd most accumulation in the city of Pittsburgh in *** 24 hour period in the last 30 years. So I again want to thank our crews who overnight cleared *** lot of our main drags, our main. Streets, they really put *** big effort on our main thoroughfares. The issue with that is the buildup on our side streets and blocking our secondary roads so that people can’t have access. We also had 37 trucks go down overnight. We know that temperatures are going to be dropping. Windshields could be up to -20 degrees, and With that, we are now declaring *** state of emergency in the city of Pittsburgh, which gives us the power to bring in additional help and support, brings in contractors that are not only going to help remove snow, plow streets, but also help to haul out snow so we can get it out of our neighborhoods, off of our business districts, and allow people to get to work or school or wherever they need to be in the next couple of days. Um, we have already started that process, so you will be seeing private contractors out in your neighborhoods, um, over the next couple of hours. We do have another crew coming on today from 2 to 10. Our warming centers will still remain open and we are going to, we’ve already posted what those hours are at our warming centers across the city of Pittsburgh, um, and we also want to let everybody know that recycling and garbage pickup, which was delayed today, is also going to be delayed again tomorrow. So I just wanted to inform the public as to our situation. I want to thank everybody again, thank our workers. They have been working tirelessly. They have put in *** tremendous effort here and you know we were doing *** very, very good job until we lost *** lot of our equipment. The garage will still remain open 24/7 so we can get these equipment back out onto the streets as quick as we can.
Pittsburgh declares State of Emergency after record-setting snowfall
Updated: 9:45 AM EST Jan 26, 2026
Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor has declared a State of Emergency for the city. It was a record-setting snow day for the City of Pittsburgh Sunday. The Steel City saw 11.2 inches of snow Sunday, making it the most snow the city has seen on Jan. 25 since 2014.Back then, the highest snow total for that day was 5.2 inches. Mayor Corey O’Connor thanked crews Monday morning for their work cleaning roads. O’Connor said due to the storm, the city has joined multiple other areas in Western Pennsylvania to declare a State of Emergency.”Safety is a priority,” Mayor O’Connor said, after declaring the emergency. Pittsburgh started with 95 trucks taking care of roads during the storm. In total, 37 have been pulled. According to the Mayor, there are more than 50 trucks on the roads right now working a 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. shift. Trash and recycling will be delayed during this time.The weather continues into Tuesday. An extreme cold warning will go into effect for Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. and remain until Tuesday at 11 a.m.Dangerously cold wind chills could dip as low as 25 below zero. The temperatures can cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
PITTSBURGH —
Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor has declared a State of Emergency for the city.
It was a record-setting snow day for the City of Pittsburgh Sunday. The Steel City saw 11.2 inches of snow Sunday, making it the most snow the city has seen on Jan. 25 since 2014.
Back then, the highest snow total for that day was 5.2 inches.
Mayor Corey O’Connor thanked crews Monday morning for their work cleaning roads. O’Connor said due to the storm, the city has joined multiple other areas in Western Pennsylvania to declare a State of Emergency.
“Safety is a priority,” Mayor O’Connor said, after declaring the emergency.
Pittsburgh started with 95 trucks taking care of roads during the storm. In total, 37 have been pulled.
According to the Mayor, there are more than 50 trucks on the roads right now working a 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. shift.
Trash and recycling will be delayed during this time.
The weather continues into Tuesday. An extreme cold warning will go into effect for Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. and remain until Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Dangerously cold wind chills could dip as low as 25 below zero. The temperatures can cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.