Record-Breaking Snowstorm Paralyzes East Coast-Shuts Down Travel

Less than an hour after Mayor de Blasio warned that city officials were “seriously considering a full travel ban”, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made it official: the city will be under a travel ban on roads as of 2:30 p.m. today.

The governor’s office says The Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Office of Emergency Management is coordinating preparations and resource allocations with state agencies and local governments ahead of the storm.

Blizzard Warning is in effect through Sunday afternoon for New York City and Long Island.

“We will quickly mobilize a major operation to ensure every New Yorker in every neighborhood is prepared and protected”, said de Blasio.

Snow had started falling Friday, and Kentucky felt quite a brunt from that, with 18 inches in some areas.

The storm that has been moving up the East Coast has affected millions, from Georgia through Southern New England.

As of 11:20 a.m. Saturday, almost 140,000 customers were without power in North and SC, and almost 49,000 in New Jersey.

Putnam County was among the areas covered by the governor’s State of Emergency but as of 3:30 p.m.no specific orders were given other than to close state facilities such as parks and Department of Environmental Conservation stations.

As reported by The Associated Press, nine deaths linked to the storm have been reported. Drivers who opted to take to the roads were stranded on a long stretch of Interstate 75 south of Lexington because of a string of crashes and blowing snow, state police and witnesses said.

He says there are no plans to shut down mass transit but service may be curtailed.

“If there’s any changes that we have to make, we will”, Cuomo said.

All flights have been cancelled at both JFK and LaGuardia airports.

“This will very likely be one of the worst storms in City history”.