Massive Winter Storm Cleanup Continues In Pittsburgh: What To Know

PITTSBURGH, PA — Two days after the worst one-day snow accumulation in Pittsburgh in nearly 16 years, life has not yet gotten back to normal for Western Pennsylvania residents.

Pittsburgh and Allegheny County remain under separate disaster emergency declarations. Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O'Connor issued the city's declaration early Monday after 37 of 95 plowing trucks in an aging public works fleet became inoperable during Sunday night's shift. O'Connor's move will make it easier for the city to bring in outside contractors to plow the snow.

Hours later, county Executive Sara Innamorato declared a disaster emergency for the entire county, which will enable the county to bypass normal procedures and immediately deploy all available resources for emergency response and recovery.

Allegheny County Common Pleas Court and all county offices and facilities will be closed for a second consecutive day on Tuesday.

How challenging will the big dig out from the storm be? According to snowfall totals across Western Pennsylvania released by the National Weather Service, it will be very difficult. Pittsburgh officially received 11.2 inches.

Pittsburgh Public Schools, the region's largest district, is on remote learning today. Virtually every other district in the region is having remote classes or has cancelled them entirely for Tuesday.

Extremely cold temperatures will be in place for the foreseeable future. The city has activated warming shelters at the following locations for Tuesday:

• Beechview Healthy Active Living Community Center, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Greenfield Healthy Active Living Community Center, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Sheraden Healthy Active Living Community Center, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.

• South Side Market House Healthy Active Living Community Center, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

All other CitiParks Healthy Active Living Senior Centers – Glen Hazel, Hazelwood, Homewood, Lawrenceville, Morningside, Mount Washington, and West End –are closed today.