Snow, Sleet And Closures As Yardley Braces For More

YARDLEY, PA — Schools and government buildings were closed throughout the Yardley area on Monday, as local officials responded after the first day of a winter storm blanketed the region with snow.

Meanwhile, authorities were urging residents to stay off of roadways that had become slick with ice.

Shortly after 9 a.m., the National Weather Service was reporting that 4.5 inches of snow had fallen in Bensalem and 4 inches had fallen in Doylestown. Across the Delaware, 6.5 inches of snow were recorded in Ewing Township, N.J.

(National Weather Service)

Just before 10 a.m. Monday, Bucks County's emergency management team was reporting 119 calls to 911 and 18 traffic accidents since the storm began, with four of them involving injuries and one entrapment.

No roads had been closed and there were fewer than 100 power outages being reported.

Meanwhile, the weather service was forecasting another heavy band of snow Monday, with Levittown in an area predicted to get another 4-6 inches of snow.

On social media, residents were sharing their views of the continued snowfall Monday morning.

Officials in Yardley, Lower Makefield Township and Morrisville had declared snow emergencies in advance of the snowfall, which began around midday on Sunday, continued into Monday morning and was not expected to stop until Tuesday.

Waste Management announced that it would not be picking up trash and recycling on Monday due to the weather. The company, which serves Yardley, planned to run routes one day behind its usual schedule.

At 9:30 a.m. Monday, PECO was not reporting any significant power outages in the Yardley area. Emergency managers in the area said they were keeping an eye out for outages as snow caused limbs and other debris to fall.

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