APTOPIX Winter Weather New York
A man carries an inflatable inner-tube for snow sledding in Prospect Park in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.
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Neighbors, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed “Darth Vader” have been digging out from a brutal storm that forecasters are calling the strongest in a decade. It dumped more than two feet of snow across much of the northeastern United States, and a record three feet in Warwick, Rhode Island. Thousands of flights were cancelled, and hundreds of thousands of people lost power. As roads begin to reopen and mass transportation comes back online, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is insisting that schools will reopen. Meanwhile forecasters warn that another big winter storm could be on its way.
