Winter Storm Hernando Live: NYC Public schools closed on Monday, February 23?
Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency and ordered non-essential vehicles off city roads from Sunday night to noon Monday, saying plows and emergency crews needed the streets clear as snowfall intensified. The city is under its first blizzard warning since 2017.
Significant snowfall totals included 22.5 inches (57 cm) at Long Island MacArthur Airport, around 18 inches (46 cm) in Newark, New Jersey, and roughly 15 inches (38 cm) in New York City’s Central Park. Both New London, Connecticut, and North Kingstown, Rhode Island, recorded 17 inches (43 cm) of snow, AP reported.
More than 5,000 flights in and out of the United States were canceled for Monday, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. Most were canceled in New York, New Jersey and Boston, AP reported.
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