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A historical nor’easter is unleashing its wrath on the I-95 corridor, threatening 1–2 feet of snow, near-whiteout conditions, life-threatening travel, and perchance wide powerfulness outages.
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This has prompted aggregate interstate highways successful New Jersey to contented a question ban, on with New York City, Westchester and Suffolk counties.
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New York City
New York City has issued a question prohibition opening astatine 9 p.m. Sunday up of the tempest threat, lasting until 12 p.m. Monday.
Non-essential vehicles, with constricted exceptions, volition beryllium prohibited until 12 p.m. connected Monday.
2016 was the past clip the metropolis issued a prohibition similar this.
Suffolk County, NY
Suffolk County has issued a question prohibition for Suffolk County opening 9 p.m. Sunday done 9 a.m. Monday.
The prohibition does not use to indispensable workers and plow operators.
Westchester County, NY
Westchester County, pursuing guidance from the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, volition enforce a afloat roadworthy prohibition from 9 p.m. Sunday, until 10 a.m. Monday.
Roads volition beryllium closed to each non-essential travel, with exceptions for exigency vehicles specified arsenic police, fire, and ambulance.
New Jersey
Starting astatine 3:00 p.m. connected Sunday, the New Jersey Department of Transportation volition enforce question restrictions for commercialized vehicles connected respective Interstate highways, including I-76, I-78, I-80, I-195, I-280, I-287, I-295, I-676 and NJ Route 440- some directions from the Outerbridge Crossing to I-287.
This tempest could apt beryllium the worst since 1996 for the state.
Check backmost for updates arsenic the tempest intensifies.
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