New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani orders citywide shutdown as snowstorm hits
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The city’s entire traffic network has been shut down except for emergency travel as a severe snowstorm hits northeast US.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has declared a state of emergency, ordering the shutdown of the city’s entire traffic network for all but emergency travel as a severe snowstorm hits the northeast United States.
“NYC, we’ve declared a local state of emergency ahead of this blizzard. Stay safe, New York,” he posted on X late on Sunday.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that a severe winter storm would bring heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding from the coastal mid-Atlantic to Maine through Monday.
Snowfall rates of up to 3 inches (7.6cm) per hour will occur at times, with snowfall totals as high as 12 to 24 inches (30.5-61cm), resulting in “nearly impossible travel conditions”, the NWS said. Gusts of up to 60mph (100km/h) were likely late Sunday and into Monday, it added.
Power outages are also anticipated due to strong winds combined with the weight of heavy, wet snow, it added. As of 7:30pm on Sunday (00:30 GMT on Monday), at least 22,895 customers were without power in the state of New Jersey, according to tracking website poweroutage.us.
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