A powerful blizzard brought New York City to a near standstill on Monday after a massive winter storm dumped up to 15 inches of snow overnight, prompting Mayor Zohran Mamdani to declare a local state of emergency, impose a sweeping travel ban, and shut public schools for the first full snow day in years.
The storm, described by the National Weather Service as a “major winter event,” unleashed intense snowfall at rates of up to three inches per hour, accompanied by wind gusts reaching 60 mph, creating near-whiteout conditions and rendering travel “extremely treacherous.”
