After a mild winter, New York finally under the snow
At the end of a particularly mild winter, the snow (very temporarily) covered New York City at the beginning of the week, in particular Central Park as well as the main arteries of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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The country’s weather services (National Weather Service) measured almost five centimeters of white coat in the immense green lung of the megalopolis, along the mythical 5e avenue, a “record” this season.
The climatic reality and imagery over New York make it a city regularly covered in snow, several times a winter.
But this year, despite a few cold snaps, the largest city in the United States on the Atlantic coast was spared by the winter weather.
On the other hand, 700 km to the northwest in the same state of New York, in Buffalo, the “blizzard of the century” At the end of December, nearly 40 people died, with polar temperatures and more than a meter of snow which sowed desolation in this city on the shores of the Great Lakes, on the border with Canada.
In New York City, by midday Tuesday, Feb. 28, rain, however, melted most of the snow and ice, even as local authorities issued warning bulletins urging schools to open. later and disrupting road, air and rail transport.
Under the effect of climate change, winters in the northeastern United States may be shorter, more temperate and also experience periods of extreme conditions, scientists have said.
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