Snow is blanketing a good part of the country today with some areas already receiving more than two feet of snow. The Weather Channel reports, “Parts of the Northeast picked up more #snow from the current snowstorm than the entire 2019-20 season.”
More than 2 feet of snow has already fallen in parts of northern New Jersey with even more snow expected to fall: https://t.co/WyCLIHqA5Y pic.twitter.com/UOKTBMUCKE
— AccuWeather (@breakingweather) February 1, 2021
Wind gusts are also a concern. Several cities are under a winter storm warning and many have declared a state of emergency.
@StormTeam4NY @Raphael4NY @nynjpaweather Up to about 15” in rye brook ny. Hard to say for sure with all the blowing and drifting. Intense storm continues!#news12weather pic.twitter.com/ghgNgEXtSr
— LloydM (@lloydm1234) February 1, 2021
Accuweather’s Dexter Henry says, “Today is the snowiest day in Central Park since January 23, 2016 when 26.6 inches fell!”
Salt truck crashes over hillside in Pittsburgh neighborhood https://t.co/kxETLkQkkn pic.twitter.com/ec0s3kvIB3
— Gabriella DeLuca (@GabriellaDeLuca) February 1, 2021
A State of Emergency is in effect for 44 counties across New York.
Transportation restrictions and road closures are starting to go into effect as the snow continues to worsen.
New Yorkers—please stay home. https://t.co/Ino6ztrdeA
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) February 1, 2021
Hundreds of flights in the Northeast have been canceled and many schools have gone remote today and say they will be remote again tomorrow.
Nor’easter is creating an air travel mess. @GioBenitez has the latest. https://t.co/iPgnRyarqD pic.twitter.com/NuthvxSsrW
— Good Morning America (@GMA) February 1, 2021
This has had ripple effects on the effort to distribute COVID vaccines in many areas. In announcing that vaccine distribution would be canceled today, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio remarked, “This is not a storm to underestimate. Take it seriously. This is a dangerous storm.”
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