Snowstorm hits New York City – the scenes in Lower Manhattan

Meteorologists called it a bomb cyclone and indeed the Nor´easter snowstorm riding up the U.S. east coast is delivering quite a punch in New York City. Wind gusts are howling through the streets of the Financial District and snow is falling heavily. Crews with plows and snow shovels are fighting to keep the upper hand against the snow piling up fast. It is eerily quiet with few people on the streets.