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New York City and other areas in the north-east US have shut down as Winter Storm Juno is expected to dump as much as 90cm (36ins) of snow.

All non-emergency vehicles were banned in New York City from 23:00 on Monday (04:00 GMT Tuesday) and subway services were suspended.

An emergency has been declared in the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Some 60 million people may be affected.

In other developments:

• 6,500 flights in and out of airports along the East Coast cancelled
• Businesses and schools closed early on Monday
• Schools not expected to reopen before Wednesday at the earliest
• Boston is expected to bear the brunt of the storm

'Matter of life and death'

The National Weather Service (NWS) earlier warned that a "potentially historic blizzard" was approaching the north-east.

Glenn Field of the NWS in Taunton, Massachusetts, told the BBC on Monday that the storm would be worse than previously thought.

Hurricane-force winds of up to 80 mph (130km/h) would batter Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, he said.