US EditionBlizzard Bomb Cyclone Buries NYC, Grounding Nearly All Flights
The storm caused over 5,000 flight cancellations and left 362,000 households without power across the New York tristate area, disrupting transit and daily life.
- Early Monday, the storm reached bomb cyclone status overnight Sunday into Monday, with Central Park, New York City, Islip, Long Island, and Newark recording 15 to 22.5 inches of snow.
- The National Weather Service noted that bombogenesis, a rapid 24-hour pressure drop, intensified the cyclone as Arctic air clashed with warmer ocean air, officials said.
- FlightAware showed nearly 90% cancellations at JFK, 98% at LaGuardia, 87% at Newark, and over 5,000 flights nationwide, while PowerOutage.us recorded over 500,000 power outages, mostly in Massachusetts and New Jersey.
- Authorities declared a state of emergency and banned driving on New York City streets until noon, with schools and Broadway shows canceled, as officials responded to the storm.
- Officials noted historical parallels as the storm covered more than 65 million people and about 35 million faced blizzard warnings, comparing it to past major storms including 1996, 2006, and 2016.
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