Giant hot tubs have popped up in each borough as the city Sanitation Department introduces the latest method of getting rid of the more than 12 inches of snow that fell last weekend.

DSNY officials says they are hauling snow that they piled around the boroughs to the "snow melter" machines.

The machines are like giant hot tubs that can melt 240,000 pounds of snow every hour.

The melted mess is then sent through the machine into the city's sewer system.

The temperatures will continue to remain freezing for the next several days.