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The Latest: Single-day snow record 26.6 inches in NYC

Posted January 24, 2016 6:00 am

The Associated Press

The Lower Manhattan skyline is seen on water drops after the morning sun started melting snow following a snowstorm, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J. Towns across the state hunkered down during a major snowstorm that hit a day earlier. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - The latest on the recovery efforts following the blizzard that slammed a large swath of the United States (all times local):

8:45 a.m.

The 26.6 inches of snow that fell in Central Park on Saturday is a one-day record for New York City.

The National Weather Service says the overall accumulation - 26.8 inches - is the second-most for a single storm in city history.

Meteorologist Faye Barthold says all but two-tenths of an inch of the city's accumulation fell on Saturday, surpassing the previous one-day mark of 24.1 inches on Feb. 12, 2006.

Officials say the total of 26.8 inches that fell in Central Park during the storm is the second-most since officials began keeping snowfall records in 1869. That narrowly misses tying the previous record of 26.9 inches from February 2006.

Snow stopped falling in New York City shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday.

A travel ban keeping non-emergency workers off the roads was lifted early Sunday. Transit officials expect a gradual return of service.

At least 18 deaths have been blamed on the weather.

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8 a.m.

Baltimore officials have lifted an emergency travel ban for the snow-smothered city, but some restrictions remain in place.

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation said in a news release that the so-called Phase III ban was lifted at 6 a.m. Sunday. The ban had prohibited all travel in the city except for emergency vehicles. Officials urged residents who didn't need to go out to still stay off the roads.

The Phase II plan remains in effect, meaning all vehicles venturing out on city roads must have all-weather tires. In addition, officials said parking will still be restricted along snow emergency routes."

The city is continuing to offer free parking for residents in city garages on a first-come, first-served basis.

The National Weather Service said on its Weather Prediction Center website early Sunday that more than a foot of snow had fallen in Baltimore - 16 inches to be exact.

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7 a.m.

New York's governor says a travel ban instituted during a massive snowstorm has been lifted.

Andrew Cuomo (KWOH'-moh) announced Sunday that the ban barring non-emergency motorists from being on the roads was lifted at 7 a.m.

The travel ban covered all state and local roads in New York City, the Long Island Expressway and Northern State Parkway and the Port Authority's Hudson River crossings.

The governor says full service to the above-ground portions of the Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road and city subway systems will be restored gradually, as equipment and crews are put into position.

Cuomo says the MTA will restore bus, subway and regional railroad service as conditions warrant throughout Sunday.

The governor declared a state of emergency Saturday throughout New York City and its suburbs during the storm that moved through the area with high wind and heavy snow.

People walk as snow falls Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, in Philadelphia. A massive winter storm buried much of the U.S. East Coast in a foot or more of snow by Saturday, shutting down transit in major cities, stranding drivers on snowbound highways, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people. (David Swanson/Philadelphia Daily News via AP) THE EVENING BULLETIN OUT, TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES The Associated Press

Snow covers the bridge over the Yellow Breaches Creek in New Cumberland, Pa., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. A massive winter storm buried much of the U.S. East Coast in a foot or more of snow by Saturday, shutting down transit in major cities, stranding drivers on snowbound highways, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people. (James Robinson/PennLive.com via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT The Associated Press

This image made available by NASA via Twitter posted on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, by space station commander Scott Kelly, shows a view from the International Space Station of a storm passing over the United States. A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping snow, stranding travelers and shutting down the nation's capital and its largest city. (Scott Kelly/NASA via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press

Julio Pagan shovels the sidewalk in front of his home on Middletown Avenue in New Haven, Conn., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. A massive winter storm buried much of the U.S. East Coast in a foot or more of snow by Saturday, shutting down transit in major cities, stranding drivers on snowbound highways, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people. (Catherine Avalone/The New Haven Register via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press

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