2016 Snow Storm in New York: Online Report

9:00

In the lower part of Manhattan, the city services control the situation. Dozens of people clear snow from sidewalks with the help of special equipment. New Yorkers do not complain about the work of public utilities.

Yulia Stanova and her friend Alisher moved to New York this summer. For them, today's snowfall is the first and most exciting impression of the city.

“We took the camera and went for a walk. There is beauty outside. There are no difficulties with moving around the city. The metro is working, the snowdrifts are being raked. Today we’ll get some great pictures, so we advise everyone to take a walk,” the girl shared her emotions with ForumDaily.

Julia and a friend decided to bask in the cafe. Photo: Denis Cheredova

It was snowing all night from Friday to Saturday in New York. Now the snow depth is over 25 centimeters. According to weather forecasters, precipitation will continue in the coming hours. Experts promise that during the day wind is expected to increase to 25 meters per second. The authorities in New York are asking residents not to leave their homes.

10:00

The city has a special equipment that clears snow from the roads.

Sidewalks in the lower part of New York are cleaned with the help of technology. Photo: Denis Cheredova

Despite the snow storm, which is gaining momentum, the subway in New York is working normally from 7 in the morning.

“We have all the necessary equipment to deal with snow. So for now we are working and everything is fine. At some stations, trains run slightly late. But this does not reflect the overall situation,” metro spokesman Kevin Ortiz told the New York Times.

City buses today are moving a little late. This is due to poor visibility on the roads.

Internet users post videos on social networks in which the authors captured what is happening on the street. Some Americans are so happy snow that they decided to lie in the snowdrifts.

12:00

By midday, much to the regret of those who went out for a walk in snowy New York, the Starbucks coffee chain was closed.

The advertisements on the coffee houses report that they are closed, but there is no information on how long it is even on the official website. Photo: Anna Denisenko

13:00

All public libraries are closed, and Broadway shows are canceled. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art MOMA and the Metropolitan Opera closed down due to bad weather.

Despite the bad weather, there are many people in the city, and some of them are going to attend cultural events. Photo: Denis Cheredov

14:00

There were also disruptions to public transport. Bus routes stopped operating at noon. New Jersey Transit will resume service by Monday. The weather is deteriorating very quickly. According to the governor, “the best thing a citizen can do to operate snow removal equipment and improve the transport situation is to stay home.”

However, residents are not discouraged and use the means at hand to get around the city.

15:00

Emergency messages have arrived to many New Yorkers. The information concerned motorists. The city authorities demanded to remove the cars from the roadway. Machines interfere with the work of snowplows.

Residents themselves can help the authorities cope with the elements. Photo: Anna Denisenko

16:00

In New York, the wind intensified. In some areas of the city there is a small hail. There are new changes in the work of the metro. Trains are moving very late. The latest information on the movement of public transport can be found on the website. alert.mta.info

The management of many catering companies issued a special form to their employees. For example, pizza delivery men changed into costumes made of waterproof fabric and put on glasses.

Many city parks and squares are closed.

Due to heavy snow, the authorities decided to close most of the parks and squares of the city. Photo: Denis Cheredova

17:00

According to the police in New York, the city is now calm. After lunch, police officers reported about 200 crashes in the city. According to energy company Con Edison, more than 20 power line outages have occurred in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.

Continuing to receive unpleasant news for air passengers. La Guardia Airport has canceled 700 flights. Another 350 flights were canceled at Kennedy Airport.

18:00

Weather forecasters predict weather deterioration. Special equipment hardly cope with the cleaning of roads and streets from snow. Gusts of wind are already reaching 25 meters per second. Snowstorm continues to gain momentum.

By the evening in New York blizzard only intensified. Photo by Denis Cheredov

Internet users post videos. At one of them, the author shows what was happening today on the streets of New York, Washington and Virginia.

19:00

By this time, it is known that a state of emergency has been declared in New York. This is reported by the TV channel CNN. On weekends 6680 flights canceled. The authorities in New York are deciding on the introduction of additional National Guard forces to help eliminate a snow storm.

20:00

The US National Weather Service reports that this storm in New York could be one of the ten most dangerous. Snowfall continues on Sunday.

In New York, three people died as a result of heavy snowfall. This is reported by the TV channel nbcnews.com

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said that bus traffic would resume in the city on Sunday at 7 in the morning. At the same time, a ban on the movement of cars will be lifted.

“We never wanted to disrupt your travels, but the storm was fast and furious,” the governor said in his address.

On the ForumDaily website today there is a special project “Snow Storm in New York-2016”. Let's watch the bad weather together. Send your photos, videos and comments to the Forumdaily page at Facebook.

Previously, ForumDaily wrote, like washington and New York met a record snowfall. We tried to collect all the necessary information for those who are going travel by plane this weekend.

And this week ForumDaily said that strong snow storm began to shift from the central part USA to the east, where, according to meteorologists, the element can affect at least 15 states.