A pedestrian crosses a street as snow falls in New York City. "It's a pretty big storm and it's definitely a blizzard" with wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph (64-100 kph) from Delaware to New York City to Boston, Oravec said. The storm was expected to taper off in New York City by Monday afternoon but Boston and upper New England will see snow through Monday night. In her 20 years or so living in New Hyde Park, on hard-hit Long Island, Sandra Wu has never seen a winter storm this bad. REGIONAL EMERGENCIESAt least seven US states had declared states of emergency in response to the storm as of Monday.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 23, 2026 21:00 UTC