New York has reawakened this Monday under the snow, due to the passage of the storm baptized as Orlena, and its two main airports have been seriously affected: The guard has canceled its operations while JFK progresses in the day under minimums, with 83% of the flights suspended. In addition to suffering from the snowfall, the latter has had an electrical failure.
Both the city and Long Island, where the rail service has stopped “for the safety of employees and travelers,” register snow accumulations of two inches every hour. At the moment the nearby airport of Newark, in New Jersey.
The fragility of large airports in the face of snow is a problem that is repeated every winter in all parts of the world. Madrid-Barajas It was the last case, with the capacity severely reduced throughout the January weekend when the storm Filomena hit and problems to operate in the following days due to the polar cold wave.
In the case of New York, the National Weather Service announces snowfall until tomorrow Tuesday and the possibility that the white mantle reaches 60 centimeters. The situation is complicated with winds that can reach gusts of 70 kilometers per hour. Both classes and vaccination against the coronavirus have been suspended.
Mayor Bill de Blasio issued an emergency declaration Sunday, restricting non-essential travel to keep roads clear. Orlena has already left more than a foot of snow in its path through Illinois.
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