New York City, New York – Video filmed by X user Michael Wilson captured a 2-hour timelapse from Stuyvesant Town starting at 4:40 p.m. on February 22, 2026, as Winter Storm Hernando slammed the Northeast with blizzard conditions. The storm dumped up to 28 inches of heavy snow and triggered widespread emergencies.

The footage shows Stuyvesant Oval, a central green space with a frozen pond, surrounded by bare trees and red-brick apartment buildings. Light flurries dust the ground as pedestrians hurry along paths, their figures blurred by the haze.

As the storm intensifies, the oval is blanketed in thick snow. Tree limbs droop under the weight, and swirling flakes gradually obscure the skyline.

Day turns to dusk, the sky deepens from gray to indigo, and warm window lights glow across the accumulating drifts. The pond reflects the storm’s fury. By nightfall, near-whiteout conditions leave over a foot of snow on the ground.

Occasional pedestrians venture out, their tracks quickly erased by wind-driven snow, highlighting the city’s quiet resilience amid nature’s force.

Hernando brought nearly 20 inches to Central Park, gusty winds, over 600,000 power outages, travel bans, school closures, and reports of thunder-snow, marking it as one of New York City’s most intense snowstorms in years.

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