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Snowstorms: New York Declares State Of Emergency, UN Closes by iluvdonjazzy: 10:02am On Mar 14, 2017 |
The New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has
declared a state of emergency on Tuesday
over the impending snowstorms in the busiest
U.S. city that runs 24-hour commercial and
transportation services.
Cuomo said that a state of emergency would
go into effect at midnight.
“The New York City Emergency Management
Department and the National Weather Service
have issued a Blizzard Watch in effect from
late Monday night through late Tuesday night.
“The storm is to bring heavy snow, along with
strong and potentially damaging winds that
will create hazardous travel conditions on
Tuesday.
“As everybody has heard, mother nature plans
on visiting us later tonight and the expectation
is that she’s going to bring a wintry fury with
her, which we are taking quite seriously
“Public schools in New York City have already
canceled classes for Tuesday,” Cuomo said on
Monday.
The governor said flood watch is expected to
go into effect Tuesday for coastal regions in
New York.
Cuomo directed state agencies to begin
preparing for the storm and called on residents
to limit unnecessary travel on Tuesday.
He said the region anticipated “substantial
Mass Transit Agency (MTA) service changes,”
which would affect subways, buses, the
Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road.
The New York governor said that above-
ground MTA service would be suspended at
4a.m. on Tuesday.
The UN headquarters complex will be closed
on Tuesday due to snowstorms, the UN
Department of Management and the
Department of Safety and Security have said.
Tal Mekel, Acting Chief, Media Accreditation
and Liaison Unit, in a statement issued on
Monday, said all activities at the headquarters
were canceled as a result of the inclement
weather.
“New York City has announced that all public
schools will be closed tomorrow.
“All after-school activities are also cancelled,”
the UN said.
Flights within, into or out of the U.S. on
Monday saw 2,891 delays and another 1,552
cancellations as of 6 p.m. local time,
according to FlightAware.
FlightAware said another 4,917 flights
originally scheduled for Tuesday were
cancelled.
American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta
Airlines issued travel alerts and began waiving
re-booking fees for flights within affected
regions.
“The ‘nor’easter’ is expected to cripple much
of the Northeast,”, the National Weather
Service said.
The weather service issued blizzard warnings
for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and
Connecticut with several other states told to
be on their guard.
The weather service called the storm “life-
threatening” and warned people to “shelter in
place”.
“In total, 50 million people along the northeast
region are set to be affected by the storm and
temperatures will be 15 to 30 degrees below
normal for this time of the year,” according to
the service.
The expected snowfall and high winds may
take down trees and power lines, John Latka,
Vice President, Electric and Gas Operations at
PSE&G, said in a statement on Monday.
“We take every storm with the potential for
outages seriously, and have additional
personnel scheduled and on standby, with
auxiliary equipment,” Latka said. |
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