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Times Square, New York
President Zahran Mamdani declared a state of emergency and ordered New York to be “shut down”. The movement of non-essential vehicles is prohibited, municipal services are closed and those who can are working remotely.
Zahran Mamdani ordered, this Sunday and until midday on Monday, a traffic stop in New York.
Emergency trips or those made by essential workers are the only exceptions, amid the deluge that hits not only this city with eight million inhabitants, but also much of the northeastern US, leaving 59 million people on alert.
“It is the biggest storm in the last decade. We ask New Yorkers to avoid all non-essential travel,” the president appealed.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of a risk of snow (for the first time in nine years), which could cause up to 60 centimeters of snow, winds forteswhich can reach 100 km/h, and low visibility.
This storm comes just weeks after the region was hit by another devastating weather system linked to dozens of deaths from hypothermia.
“The worst is yet to come”said the governor of New York, Kathy Hochulin a press conference, this Sunday, cited by .
In addition to New York, states of emergency were declared in several states, such as Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Nova Jérsia e Rhode Islandin a scenario that has caused power cuts, flight cancellations and restrictions on movement.
