What Happens When It All Melts?

After melting snow poured into a major downtown street, it took a backhoe, a shovel, and swift coordination to clear away the gushing water. It was the first of what could be many operations to come, as New Haven’s snow emergency turns into an ice and flooding emergency.

Melting snowbanks from recent storms filled North Frontage Road just above York Street with a large pool of water midday Wednesday.

Ambulances, taxis and trucks leaving the highways sent water spraying up into the air. Meanwhile, a steady flow of pedestrians headed to and from Yale’s medical campus, stepping carefully to keep their feet dry.

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