Photos| New York freezes… emergency and movement ban due to the American snow storm
Forced New Yorkban on Transport movement in the city except for extreme necessities, and schools were closed on Monday, while residents remained in their homes in light of a major snow storm hitting the northeast of United States.
The National Weather Service announced in a publication on "X" that "Heavy snow is still falling" At 5:28 local time (10:28 GMT) on Monday, adding that the thickness of the snow reached 37.8 centimetres.
According to the city’s emergency services, snow with a thickness of between 23 and 28 centimeters covered Manhattan and Brooklyn, while… "Ban all non-essential vehicles from moving on New York City’s streets, highways and bridges"
Snowfall and frozen fog
Tens of millions of residents of Washington, D.C., all the way to the state of Maine (north) are preparing for snowfall, the thickness of which reaches about 60 centimeters in some areas.
Snowfall was recorded and"Freezing fog" With minimum temperatures reaching about two degrees Celsius below zero in New York shortly before 6 a.m. local time (11:00 GMT), according to what the National Weather Service stated on its website.
The authority warned that a snowstorm will hit an area extending from Maryland to southeastern New England, which will make travel "Extremely dangerous"
At dawn on Monday, the storm began to hit New York, affecting visibility to such an extent that the skyscrapers of Wall Street were barely visible from the neighboring Brooklyn neighborhood.
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