#snowstorm-totals

#snowstorm-totals

When I spoke with emergency management officials last year, they all mentioned the same frustrating scenario. People ignore storm warnings until the precipitation starts falling, then suddenly everyone rushes out at once. The roads become congested with anxious drivers, accidents spike, and stores run out of essentials just when people need them most. But here's what really gets meteorologists worked up about this pattern. Modern weather forecasting has become incredibly accurate, especially for major winter storms.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a citywide state of emergency on Sunday in anticipation of a heavy snowstorm expected to last at least 36 hours, beginning Sunday night. The measures include a ban on road travel for trucks, cars, motorcycles and even bicycles because of dangerous blizzard conditions, and to keep the streets clear for essential services, such as the 700 salt spreaders already deployed on the streets. The road closures will also affect public transit connections to the neighboring state of New Jersey.

"I pass through this area every day, and I see a lot of people drinking, doing drugs, just hanging around," Vlad, a Coney Island resident, explained.

Bellerose, Queens: 9 inches as of 1:45 p.m. Washington Heights, Manhattan: 8.3 inches as of 1:45 p.m. Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn: 8.1 inches as of 12:48 p.m. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: 8 inches as of 12:45 p.m. Dongan Hills, Staten Island: 7.8 inches as of 11:45 a.m. Central Park, Manhattan: 7.2 inches as of 1 p.m. Fresh Meadows, Queens: 7.1 inches as of 1:31 p.m. LaGuardia Airport, Queens: 7.1 inches as of 1 p.m.