On February 1, local time, due to heavy snow and severe weather brought by winter storms that swept the eastern United States, states such as New York and New Jersey issued warnings urging residents to stay at home and avoid going out. Biden's foreign policy speech was originally scheduled to be held that day. It was also postponed to later this week due to bad weather.

　　At the White House press conference on February 1, the press secretary Jen Psaki announced that homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall "has worked with the Acting Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and The Director of the National Weather Service held a coordination conference call regarding storms moving to the Mid-Atlantic region.” She said the president will “ensure that federal, state, and local officials are closely coordinated in preparing for and responding to weather emergencies.”

　　New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference held on the 1st that the winter storm was "very dangerous" and declared a state of emergency in 44 counties in New York State.

He urged residents of New York State to stay at home as much as possible and not to go out.

Cuomo said the blizzard is expected to reach a speed of 2 inches per hour, "this is something that snowplows cannot solve (the amount of snowfall)."

Due to worsening weather conditions, the New York City Department of Transportation suspended subway services at 2 pm Eastern Time.

According to reports, 90% of flights in New York State have been cancelled.

　　New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy also held a press conference on the 1st, saying that because the weather would be "very bad", he called on residents to stay at home during the storm that day.

The current weather forecast shows that the storm will last until the evening of the 2nd.

Murphy said there are currently about 1,500 blackouts caused by storms in New Jersey, and more blackouts are expected.

　　New Jersey previously announced on the 31st that due to weather conditions, most of the transit stations and six large-scale COVID-19 vaccination points will be closed.

Murphy said that it is not yet certain whether they will reopen tomorrow, and the state government will share the latest news in this regard later in the day.

(CCTV reporter Xu Dezhi)