#noreaster

#noreaster

The National Weather Service warned that once the storm intensifies Sunday it could prove significantly more severe than projections made just a few days ago. The weather service said 1 to 2 feet (about 30 to 61 centimeters) of snow was possible in many areas as it put out blizzard warnings for New York City and Long Island, Boston and coastal communities in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she wants all New Yorkers to be able to get together to cheer on Team USA in the men's hockey final at the Olympics, so she's allowed bars and restaurants to open early just for the occasion. Just not for New York City. Or anywhere under the state of emergency she declared on Saturday ahead of the storm. The governor said in a statement that she is suspending alcohol service hours enforcement on Sunday between the hours of 6 a.m.-10 a.m.

New York City on Saturday put out a call for emergency snow shovelers ahead of a powerful nor'easter bomb cyclone, requiring workers to submit multiple forms of identification - contrasting the city's election policy for most voters. For the first time in nearly a decade, a blizzard warning was issued for New York City, with expected snowfall totaling 10 to 18 inches and wind gusts up to 55 mph.

"We had some differences in our computer forecast guidance, our numerical weather prediction, our weather models, they're starting to converge now toward the one or two models that were giving us more snow," said Jay Engle, meteorologist and winter weather lead with the New York City forecast office for the National Weather Service. As the models converge on a solution presenting a higher likelihood of significant snowfall, the weather service has issued a winter storm watch for the city. The watch notes that "heavy snow" is possible in the range of 6-10 inches. Elevated wind gusts with this storm could even reach up to 40 mph, according to the weather service.

A 76-year-old woman in New York City was killed Sunday by a 7-foot solar panel that came loose because of strong winds as a powerful nor'easter battered the East Coast. At around 10:30 a.m. ET, a woman was found unresponsive on a walkway in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York police said Monday. Authorities determined that a solar panel struck the pedestrian in the head. She was taken to Lutheran Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A 76-year-old Brooklyn woman became the first known NYC fatality tied to the powerful nor'easter that battered the region when she was struck in the head and killed by a solar panel that blew off a carport at an outdoor parking lot, police and the NYC Buildings Department said. The freak accident - attributed to the powerful nor'easter winds -happened about 10:30 a.m. Sunday near Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Ave., not far from the beaches along southern Brooklyn,

New York City's annual Columbus Day Parade marches through Manhattan on Monday, celebrating Italian pride. This year's parade may be impacted by a nor'easter that's bringing high winds and heavy rain Sunday into Monday. But as of now, the festivities are still on. Is Columbus Day a federal holiday? Yes. That means the U.S. Postal Service and most banks are closed. Under normal circumstances, federal workers have the day off with pay, but that may be impacted by the government shutdown.

After some sunshine to start the long weekend, a coastal storm will slowly move in, bringing "wind, rain, minor coastal flooding and erosion late Sunday into Tuesday," according to meteorologists. Cindy Fitzgibbon, WCVB: 'Rain is slow to spread in from the south late Sunday but will linger into Tuesday' NEXT 7 DAYS...Sunshine into Saturday. A slow-moving coastal storm brings wind, rain, minor coastal flooding and erosion late Sunday into Tuesday. Potential for 1-3" rain and wind gusts to 50mph on Cape Cod. Slow improvements for the middle of next week but staying cool #WCVB pic.twitter.com/g5qEANBaEQ- Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) October 10, 2025