Travel reduced to essentials, airports, schools and vaccination centers anti-Covid closed: a powerful blizzard-like snowstorm hit the northeastern United States on Monday. A storm that could go down in the annals of the heaviest snowfall on record in New York. As of Monday afternoon, the snow cover had reached nearly 40 cm in Central Park. A few New Yorkers did brave the weather to take advantage of the powder.
In Time Square, in the middle of the snow plows, some immortalized the moment by multiplying the selfies while others made snowmen. In Central Park, the children had taken out the sleds, others the touring skis. ” You should take advantage ! It has been a difficult year because of the pandemic. So we take the opportunity to go out and have a little fun with the children, ”says Paul, a 34-year-old New Yorker.
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Forecasts point to new snowfall expected on Tuesday in the northeastern region, with another 30 cm expected in places and still conditions close to a blizzard. According to data recorded since 1869 in Central Park, this snowfall is among the most important recorded in New York. The record dates from January 2016, with nearly 70 cm fallen in three days.
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