The battery of snowstorms that slammed the Bay State this winter killed 25 people in less than a month and injured more than 1,500, the state revealed in its pitch to the White House for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal disaster aid.
The whopping total — believed to be the first public accounting of the winter's death toll — spanned a 28-day period between January and February, when state officials say it snowed all but three days and rung up an estimated $400 million in snow removal costs and damages. Boston also set a record for snowiest winter, eclipsing a two- decade-old mark.
The four-week pummeling shuttered businesses and crippled the MBTA to the tune of $40 million in storm-related costs, Gov. Charlie Baker wrote to the White House. The T, he said, also estimated $4.7 million in lost revenue — though that number is likely to grow — after it shut its system down on three occasions and struggled for weeks to return to full service.
"We understand the unique nature of our request to FEMA to declare a prolonged period of snow as a federal disaster," Baker said at a State House press conference. "But taking into account the unrelenting snowfall over those 28 days and the freezing temperatures over that time ... we're confident our request meets the threshold."
Neither Baker nor Kurt Schwartz, the director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, could say how much money the state would ultimately seek. A declaration could open the door to 75 percent in reimbursements to the state, cities and towns, but Schwartz said it is "quite likely" the total costs will ultimately eclipse the state's $400 million estimate.
Of the 25 deaths tied to the record-breaking winter, eight people suffered "cardiac episodes" while shoveling, officials said. Seventeen others died from what the chief medical examiner's office called "blunt force trauma," either from being hit by snowplows or cars, falling from roofs while clearing snow or even slipping on ice.
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