{"id":112078,"date":"2026-01-25T19:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/112078\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:21:20","slug":"winter-storm-hits-central-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/112078\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter storm hits Central New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A state of emergency remains in effect as most of Central New York prepares for a major winter storm.<\/p>\n<p>Central New York, the North Country and the Southern Tier are all expecting significant snowfall on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Syracuse1848\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">city of Syracuse<\/a>, Mayor Sharon Owens has issued a snow safety alert. Residents are asked to plan ahead and limit travel when possible.<\/p>\n<p>Owens says the incoming winter storm could affect Monday&#8217;s commute for some drivers. Owens also says crews are making sure roadways remain clear and safe for travel.<\/p>\n<p>Travel\u00a0advisories are in place for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cayugacountysheriff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cayuga<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OswegoCountyEMO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oswego<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OtsegoSheriff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Otsego<\/a> counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/buffalo\/weather-stories\/2026\/01\/23\/hochul-declares-state-of-emergency--offers-advice-to-new-yorkers-ahead-of-severe-winter-weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">declared a state of emergency<\/a> for all of New York.<\/p>\n<p>During a news conference on Friday, Hochul outlined the conditions that are forecasted and the preparations New Yorkers should be taking to stay safe. According to Hochul, the conditions will be dangerous and will impact the entire state.<\/p>\n<p>All commercial vehicles are also now required to travel in the right lane on all state roads, including the New York State Thruway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A state of emergency remains in effect as most of Central New York prepares for a major winter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[387,13932,257,9,11,10,12,308,380,13934],"class_list":["post-112078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-weather-stories","tag-central-ny","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-public-safety","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-weather-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}