Download The United States National Weather Service says that this huge winter storm has dumped some 68.3 centimetres of snow in Central Park, making it the worst blizzard to hit New York City since records began in 1869. To add to the problems facing the entire north-eastern seaboard, winds across the region have been gusting at up to 96 kilometres an hour, causing serious localised drifting. The road network in many places then is impassable. Most of the airports in the region have been closed, with hundreds of flights cancelled. Passengers on transatlantic flights heading into New York have, in some cases, found themselves diverted to alternative destinations.Here in Manhattan, snowploughs worked non-stop on Sunday in an effort to keep streets and avenues open to traffic. But much of the city was eerily quiet. Even the notoriously busy Times Square was all but deserted for much of the day. Some who did venture out into the snow were rewarded with the memorable sight of people making their way down Broadway on skis.dumpeddroppedthe entire north-eastern seaboardthe whole of the coast in the north-east of the countrygusting blowing stronglylocalised driftinglarge piles of snow created in some areas by strong winds impassableimpossible to usediverted to alternative destinationssent to places which they weren't originally meant to go tosnowploughs machines used to clear snow from roads and pathseerily quietquiet in an unsettling, disturbing wayall but deserted nearly emptyventure outrisk going out
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The United States National Weather Service says that this huge winter storm has dumped some 68.3 centimetres of snow in Central Park, making it the worst blizzard to hit New York City since records began in 1869.
To add to the problems facing the entire north-eastern seaboard, winds across the region have been gusting at up to 96 kilometres an hour, causing serious localised drifting. The road network in many places then is impassable. Most of the airports in the region have been closed, with hundreds of flights cancelled. Passengers on transatlantic flights heading into New York have, in some cases, found themselves diverted to alternative destinations.
Here in Manhattan, snowploughs worked non-stop on Sunday in an effort to keep streets and avenues open to traffic. But much of the city was eerily quiet. Even the notoriously busy Times Square was all but deserted for much of the day. Some who did venture out into the snow were rewarded with the memorable sight of people making their way down Broadway on skis.
dumpeddropped
the entire north-eastern seaboardthe whole of the coast in the north-east of the country
gusting blowing strongly
localised driftinglarge piles of snow created in some areas by strong winds
impassableimpossible to use
diverted to alternative destinationssent to places which they weren't originally meant to go to
snowploughs machines used to clear snow from roads and paths
eerily quietquiet in an unsettling, disturbing way
all but deserted nearly empty
venture outrisk going out
iwms 4.6