New York Juno blizzard in Instagram pictures

Winter storm Juno ploughed into the East Coast of the US last night shutting down shops, transport, thousands of flights and forcing people off the streets in what meteorologists were warning could be a record-breaking blizzard.

But things didn’t quite get as crazy as the experts had predicted and as New York wakes up this morning there is only a reported 6.3 inches of snowfall, compared to the 30 inches being talked about in the press.

Here are some of our favourite Instagram pictures from the snow storm to put things into context.

Ben Rayner, photographer

Jimmy Mcdonald, skateboarder

Steve ‘ESPO’ Powers, artist

Jun Young, model

Coquito Cassibba, stylist

Rosalind Norman

Melissa Sinclair, Photo Editor at Time Out New York

Shawn Wolf, Kinfolk Bicycles owner

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Magdalena Muszynska, blogger

Daniel Arnold, photographer