A significant winter storm is making post-Christmas road travel extraordinarily harmful in components of the Northeast, and bringing snow and ice to the New York Metropolis space.
The storm can be impacting flights. Greater than 1,500 flights had been canceled on Friday, with New York Metropolis’s three airports and the Philadelphia Worldwide Airport hit the toughest.
Greater than 500 flights had been canceled on Saturday.
Visitors strikes by way of snow in Manhattan on December 26, 2025 in New York Metropolis. The New York Metropolis metro space is forecast to rise up to eight inches of snow Friday night and Saturday morning in what is anticipated to be one of many largest snowstorms to hit town in years.
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New Jersey and New York had been underneath state of emergencies.
“Please proceed to watch your native forecast, keep away from pointless journey and for those who should journey, take all essential precautions to make sure you arrive safely,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul stated in a press release.
An individual plows snow outdoors of Grand Central Station as snow falls throughout a winter storm in New York Metropolis, U.S., December 26, 2025.
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Heavy snow is anticipated to hit components of New York, jap Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, western Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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The heaviest snow started transferring into the tristate space Friday afternoon and can proceed by way of the evening, making journey tough from Philadelphia to New York Metropolis to Albany, New York.
The snow started reaching New York Metropolis round 5 p.m. Friday and was anticipated to proceed in a single day, ending round 7 a.m. Earlier, New York Metropolis was forecast to get about 7 inches of snow — which might have been essentially the most snow in practically 4 years.
Nevertheless, the Nationwide Climate Service later revised its forecast saying the combo of precipitation had shifted additional northeast, reducing the anticipated snowfall totals round New York Metropolis and northeast New Jersey.
As a substitute, the New York Metropolis space was expected to see between 2 to 5 inches with some spots seeing 6 inches particularly to the north. A “glaze of ice” from freezing rain was additionally anticipated.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams known as it a “vital snow occasion” and stated plows can be hitting the streets later Friday evening.
Folks stroll over the Gapstow Bridge in Central Park throughout a snowfall on December 14, 2025, in New York Metropolis.
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Youngsters go sledding in Central Park on December 14, 2025 in New York Metropolis.
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Six to 10 inches of snow is feasible from upstate New York to Lengthy Island.
Philadelphia can anticipate 1 to three inches of snow together with a glaze of ice, making journey difficult on Friday evening.
On Friday morning, the freezing rain moved into Pennsylvania and coated roads throughout the state with harmful ice. An ice storm warning is in place in components of western Pennsylvania, the place quite a few energy outages and downed timber are potential.
