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• Storm begins its exit: A high-impact bomb cyclone is beginning to depart New England after dumping up to 3 feet of snow in some states and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Forty million people were under blizzard warnings Monday.
• Snow piling up: More than 30 inches of snow has fallen so far, with 2 feet reported in at least five states. It’s the biggest snowstorm on record for Providence, Rhode Island, and in years for New York City and Philadelphia … and snow is still falling.
• Northeast shut down: Treacherous conditions paused public transit and prompted warnings to stay off roads. More than 10,000 flights have been canceled, according to FlightAware. Some travel bans began to ease Monday evening.
Over 275,000 power outages in Massachusetts as of Monday night
Trees block the road in Scituate, Massachusetts on Monday.
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As of 10 p.m. ET, more than 275,000 customers remain without power in Massachusetts on Monday night due to the recent snow storm.
“While our crews are deployed and ready, weather conditions are expected to limit restoration efforts throughout the day,” Christopher Laird, the chief operating officer of National Grid New England Electric, said in an earlier statement.
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Boston’s public schools will remain closed Tuesday as New York City’s open back up
People sled in Central Park as snow falls during a winter storm in New York City, on Monday.
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Boston Public Schools will remain closed on Tuesday after the city was pelted with nearly 17 inches of snow.
What will tomorrow bring?
A commuter walks across the Manhattan Bridge on Monday in New York City.
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Historic bomb cyclone leaves snow-blasted path through Northeast. Catch up here
People walk through the streets of Brooklyn as blizzard conditions continue on Monday in New York City.
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The Northeast is reeling from extreme snowfall and powerful winds that slammed the region overnight Sunday and throughout Monday, blanketing several states with more than two feet of snow.
Stunning snow totals: As of 7 p.m. ET, Providence, Rhode Island, saw the most snowfall with 37.9 inches. The capital city is followed by Whitman, Massachusetts, with 33.7 inches; Central Islip, New York, with 31 inches; and North Stonington, Connecticut, with 30.8 inches. Follow more snow totals across the Northeast here.
Records broken across the region: The bomb cyclone was the biggest snowstorm on record for Providence, Rhode Island. When just over 27 inches had fallen on Newark, New Jersey, around 1 p.m., the snowstorm officially ranked as the city’s second-heaviest based on records dating back to 1931. In Philadelphia, snowfall totals marked the most from a single storm since January 2016.
Potential for more snow: Another chance for snow will materialize for the Northeast soon, as the new storm will bring some snow to the Great Lakes on Tuesday and reach the Northeast overnight into Wednesday. Most places in the region will see less than two inches, though higher elevations in Pennsylvania, New York and New England might get a few more.
Dizzying flight cancellations: More than 10,000 US flights have been canceled from Sunday to Tuesday. As of around 10 a.m. Monday, most of those flights were scheduled to arrive or depart from the three major airports servicing the New York City area.
Power outages stabilized, but widespread: Power outages soared through Monday, caused by extreme winds and heavy snow, with close to 400,000 customers out of power at 6:30 a.m. ET. That number hit 650,000 five hours later. By 5 p.m., more than 500,000 customers were still impacted. But some power restoration efforts were delayed because of the very blizzard conditions that caused them.
Bye bye, bomb cyclone
Radar shows the storm starting to exit New England — a welcome sight. Even so, gusty winds on the backside of the system and widespread outages mean a long day of cleanup, digging out and restoration ahead for many.
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In photos: Across the Northeast as bomb cyclone dumps snow
A woman walks through the snow in Central Park on Monday in New York City.
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From New York to Maine, a bomb cyclone blanketed a large part of the Northeast with heavy snow Sunday into Monday.
The storm prompted travel restrictions and knocked out power for thousands of people.
A lineman works to restore power in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, on Monday.
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Boats sit covered in snow in Scituate, Massachusetts, on Monday.
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Neighbors team up to clear a driveway, on Monday in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.
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Birds rest on snow laden branches in Gramercy Park during a snowstorm, on Monday, in New York.
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People play in the snow in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Monday.
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How much snow has fallen? Top totals from the storm so far
Areas from the Mid-Atlantic to New England have picked up 1 to 3 feet of snow from the historic blizzard. Here is a look at the top totals as the snow winds down this evening.
Rhode Island: 37.9 inches in Providence
Massachusetts: 33.7 inches in Whitman
New York: 31 inches in Central Islip
Connecticut: 30.8 inches in North Stonington
New Jersey: 30.7 inches in Lyndhurst
West Virginia: 22.5 inches in Point Mountain
Pennsylvania: 22.1 inches in Lower Makefield
Delaware: 21 inches in Long Neck
Maryland: 16 inches in Bishopville
Virginia: 15 inches in Camden-on-Gauley
Maine: 13 inches in Goodwins Mills
New Hampshire: 9.5 inches in Dover
Vermont: 4.2 inches in Guilford
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Which travel restrictions have been lifted and which are still in place
A pedestrian crosses the street during a powerful winter storm in Meriden, Connecticut, on Monday.
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Travel bans and restrictions are still in place in some states after a blizzard battered the Northeast.
Here’s a look at where things stand:
Connecticut: A ban on commercial vehicles on roadways was lifted at 4 p.m. today, Gov. Ned Lamont said. He still asked everyone to avoid driving for the rest of the day while crews work to clear roads.
Delaware: Travel restrictions are still in effect in Kent and Sussex counties, according to the Delaware Emergency Management Agency. A driving warning was lifted for New Castle County at 6 p.m., it said.
Massachusetts: A travel ban is in place for non-essential vehicles in Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable and Dukes counties, Gov. Maura Healey said. There will be a $500 fine for people who violate the travel ban, State Police Lt. Col. Daniel Tucker said. Restrictions on truck travel on interstate highways have been lifted in some areas, the state’s Department of Transportation said.
New Hampshire: The speed limit on several key highways in the state has be reduced to 45 mph, the state’s Department of Transportation said.
New Jersey: Restrictions on commercial vehicle travel and a reduced 35 mph speed limit were lifted as of 5 p.m., the state’s Department of Transportation said. Officials still encouraged people to avoid unnecessary travel.
New York: Some municipalities had travel restrictions Monday. Suffolk County on Long Island and Westchester County had travel bans that were extended but have since expired. The travel ban in New York City has been lifted, but a “hazardous travel advisory” is in place for the city through midnight, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
Rhode Island: The state of emergency and travel ban will remain in effect through the overnight hours, Gov. Dan McKee said. Officials will reassess conditions in the morning, he said.
Travel ban in place for parts of Massachusetts, governor announces
Travel ban in place for parts of Massachusetts, governor announces
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People in parts of Massachusetts are now under a travel ban as blizzard conditions continue to hit the state on Monday, the governor announced.
“The only people in those places who can drive right now are people like first responders, public emergency personnel, utility crews and the private contractors who are supporting those efforts, food and fuel delivery and medical staff,” Healey said.
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Broadway shows canceled Monday evening after blizzard
A woman walks past posters advertising Broadway shows during snowfall on Sunday in New York City.
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Several Broadway shows are canceling evening performances for a second day after New York was covered in snow overnight, according to a statement from the Broadway League, the trade association for the Broadway industry.
“Due to the continuing impacts from the blizzard and local travel restrictions still in place, Broadway theatre owners and producers have come to the consensus that performances tonight (Monday, February 23) will be canceled,” the statement said.
Weather cancels more than 6,000 flights in US on Monday
Rows of cancelled flights are displayed at the Philadelphia International Airport on Monday.
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More than 6,000 flights have been canceled in the US on Monday as airports in the Northeast slowly begin to resume full operations following a bomb cyclone.
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Rhode Island’s travel ban stays in effect until Tuesday, when officials will “reassess”
Rhode Island’s state of emergency and travel ban will remain in effect through the overnight hours Monday, Gov. Dan McKee said.
Officials will “reassess the conditions in the morning” and give updates on the status of the travel ban on Tuesday, McKee said.
Several mayors told the governor they wanted the travel ban to stay in effect so they have time to clear the roads, according to McKee. He said he has been talking with local leaders throughout the day.
The storm has dropped historic levels of snow across several states. An observation submitted to the National Weather Service this afternoon reported 36.2 inches of snow in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Snow is expected to continue for several more hours in New England, especially near the coast.
Meteorologist Mary Gilbert contributed reporting to this post.
Watch: Massive waves crash into homes in Massachusetts
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Power outages are going down in some states and remain steady in others
A lineman works to restore power along Ocean Road at Bay Avenue in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, on Monday.
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Massachusetts: 283,240
Rhode Island: 42,299
New York: 10,600
New Jersey: 97,910
Delaware: 62,533
Connecticut: 6,251
Maryland: 12,174
Virginia: 8,709
Watch: Historic lighthouse slammed by powerful winds, heavy snow
Historic Scituate Lighthouse Slammed …
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Winds near hurricane force and heavy snow caused whiteout conditions at the Scituate Lighthouse in Massachusetts earlier today.
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Watch as waves crash onto homes in coastal Massachusetts
The winter storm has churned up the sea, causing massive waves to crash onto homes in the coastal Massachusetts town of Scituate. Drone video shows the waves slamming the seawall and towering over the homes Monday.
American Airlines resumes operations at 2 affected airports Monday
American Airlines has resumed operations at two East Coast airports on Monday, the company said, following widespread flight cancellations due to a blizzard.
The airline is back to full operations at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, and Philadelphia International Airport, it said.
Operations at LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Boston Logan International Airport are expected to resume Tuesday morning, American Airlines said.
The airline has a travel advisory in effect still for those airports and 11 others through Wednesday, it said.
CNN’s Alexandra Skores contributed reporting to this post.
Bomb cyclone still swirling as the sun starts to set
The sun is about to set on a storm that’s been nothing short of historic: It’s dropped widespread amounts of 1 to 3 feet of snow on the East since Sunday.
The bomb cyclone’s center continues to swirl to the northeast, slowly putting distance between itself and the southeastern edge of New England.
Its heavy snow is still pounding New England but is starting to wrap up elsewhere in the Northeast.
A city in Rhode Island just measured 3 feet of snow
An observation submitted to the National Weather Service this afternoon reported 36.2 inches of snow in Warwick, Rhode Island.
The city is about 8 miles south of center-city Providence.
That measurement means this storm is approaching all-time record territory in the state. Rhode Island’s biggest snowstorm on record dumped 38 inches in Woonsocket from February 7 to 8, 1978.
And it’s still snowing, so a new record is certainly possible.
Blizzard conditions slow down power restoration efforts in Massachusetts, company says
A power pole is suspended after lines were pulled down by a fallen tree during a winter storm in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on Monday.
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The blizzard conditions are making it difficult for workers at National Grid, a key electric and gas company in Massachusetts, to restore power to tens of thousands of its customers, it said.
Power crews are also stranded in Massachusetts
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Some power crews staged in the Boston area have been unable to reach outage sites as heavy, wet snow and wind gusts topping 65 mph made roads impassable on Monday.
Here’s when it will finally stop snowing
Model forecast of the storm into Monday night. CNN Weather
Snow in the Northeast, with the exception of New England, will come to an end by the early evening. New England — especially near the coast — will have to wait a few more hours until flakes finally cease closer to midnight.
Winds will still blow snow around in parts of New England even after it’s stopped falling from the sky. Continued gusts up to 40 mph overnight could create localized whiteout conditions and snow drifts.
NYC paying $30-45 an hour for emergency snow shovelers
Workers clear snow from the steps at a subway station in Brooklyn as blizzard conditions continue on Monday in New York City.
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New York City is seeking emergency shovelers to remove snow from bus stops, crosswalks, fire hydrants and other public areas throughout the city.
Due to the blizzard conditions, pay will start at $30 per hour and will increase to $45 per hour after the first 40 hours worked in a week, according to the New York City Department of Sanitation.
Workers will be recruited by day and as needed, the department’s webpage said.
Even ambulances and snowplows are getting stuck in the snow
Emergency vehicles were no match for the onslaught of snow in North Providence, Rhode Island.
“Many trucks, including 10-wheel dumps, are getting stuck,” the town posted on Facebook. “The larger trucks are also being pulled away from their routes to assist Rescue Vehicles and Fire Trucks that are stuck handling medical and fire emergencies all over town.”
In the state capital of Providence, some plow trucks were forced to pull over due to poor visibility, Mayor Brett Smiley told CNN affiliate WJAR.
And in Massachusetts, an ambulance got trapped by heavy snow just outside a hospital in the city of Attleboro, WJAR said. The tow truck that tried to free the ambulance also got stuck.
By the numbers: NYC’s response to the bomb cyclone
A person blows snow as blizzard conditions continue in Brooklyn on Monday in New York City.
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New York remains in a state of emergency and a hazardous travel advisory remains in place through midnight but New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said various city teams have been “working nonstop to prepare our city for this blizzard and to keep New York running.”
2600 sanitation workers deployed on every 12-hour shift
More than 2300 plows, including 700 salt spreaders mobilized citywide
800 emergency snow shovelers hired by the Department of Sanitation of New York and deployed across the city this morning following 575 deployed last night
More than 50 million pounds of salt distributed by the Sanitation Department
Over 99.5% of city streets plowed at least once
22 warming busses, 11 Health and Hospitals warming spaces and 13 school warming centers open in addition to the Department of Social Services opening another 100 low-barrier stabilization beds in upper Manhattan
8,000 New Yorkers in the Rockaways have had power restored out of 11,000 who lost power in the coastal Queens community
Storm is now the second-snowiest on record in Newark, New Jersey
People walk in local street covered with snow during a winter storm in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Monday.
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Storm now one of the 10-biggest in New York City history
Birds rest near the Gapstow Bridge in Central Park as snow falls during a winter storm in New York City on Monday.
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New York City’s official reporting station, Central Park, has picked up 19.7 inches of snow as of 1 p.m. ET.
That makes the storm the 9th-snowiest since 1869. It’s also the biggest snowstorm in over a decade.
The biggest snowstorm on record happened over 10 years ago in January 2016, when the Big Apple was buried under 27.5 inches.
NYC schools to hold in-person classes tomorrow, mayor says
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this afternoon he had some “tough news to share,” announcing classes for the city’s public schools would resume tomorrow after being canceled Monday with no remote learning.
“I hope our students enjoy their snow day today and stay warm and safe throughout. But I do have some tough news to share,” the mayor said at a news conference. “School will be in person tomorrow. You can still pelt me with snowballs when you see me.”
New York City Public Schools is the largest school district in the United States, serving 1.1 million students in more than 1800 schools, according to the NYC Department of Education.
How much snow has fallen? Top snow totals from the storm so far
A police car seen stuck in snow in Providence during the blizzard on Monday.
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This historic nor’easter has dropped feet of snow across one of the most populated corridors in the United States. Here are the top reports so far from each state as of 1 p.m. ET:
Rhode Island: 32.8 inches in Providence (at T.F. Green International Airport)
New York: 29.5 inches in Babylon
New Jersey: 27.9 inches in Carlstadt
Massachussetts: 27.1 inches in Dighton
Connecticut: 26.5 inches in North Stonington
Pennsylvania: 22 inches in Richboro
Delaware: 20.5 inches in Woodside
Virginia: 15 inches in Wintergreen
West Virginia: 15 inches in Camden-on-Gauley
Maryland: 14 inches in Ocean Pines
New Hampshire: 8.6 inches in Rye
Vermont: 4.2 inches in Guilford
Maine: 2 inches in Berwick
Travel ban lifted in NYC, but mayor wants people to remain off roads
People walk through the streets of Brooklyn as blizzard conditions continue on Monday in New York City.
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The travel ban in New York City has been lifted; however, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still asking people to stay off the roads as snow is forecast to continue into the afternoon today.
More than 1500 flights canceled for Tuesday at 4 major Northeastern airports
More than 1500 flights at four of the largest northeastern airports have already been canceled for Tuesday, according to the website FlightAware.
Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy International and Boston Logan have been among the hardest hit and will see continued problems.
Nearly half the flights scheduled to depart Newark on Tuesday are canceled, with 45% of the departures from LaGuardia Airport and 43% of those from Boston Logan International already slated to not take off.
Airlines often choose to cancel flights early so passengers can plan and so planes do not get stuck in places where they cannot quickly be returned to service.
Providence breaks all-time snow record
Heavy snow and strong winds create whiteout conditions in Providence’s West End neighborhood on Monday.
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Providence, Rhode Island, has just set an all-time snowstorm record, and it’s still snowing there.
Power outages appear to have stabilized in region hit by bomb cyclone
Power outages across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions appear to have stabilized for now, though 650,000 customers remain without power as of 1:15 p.m. ET, according to PowerOutage.us.
Outages in most states in the area have decreased since earlier this morning, while outages in Virginia have increased.
Extreme winds combined with heavy, wet snow have caused power outages across the region.
At least a half dozen locations have seen hurricane-force wind gusts of 74 mph or higher this morning, from Long Island, New York, to southeast New England.
Parts of five states have tallied up over 2 feet of snow in the storm: Connecticut: Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island, where Providence just broke its all-time snow record.
Here are the top outages by state as of 1:15 p.m. ET:
Massachusetts 283,428
New Jersey 127,398
Delaware 68,127
Rhode Island 41,191
Maryland 18,502
Virginia 18,303
New York 17,447
Connecticut 13,653
Scenes like this are why over 500,000 customers are without power in the Northeast
Travel bans remain in effect due to “wicked Nor’easter”
Several states and counties are under travel restrictions in the Northeast as a “wicked Nor’easter” batters the region, Connecticut’s governor said Monday. Here are some of the major restrictions:
– Connecticut issued travel restrictions that will remain in effect “until further notice,” Gov. Ned Lamont said. “I have signed an emergency order prohibiting all commercial vehicles from traveling on all limited access highways statewide in Connecticut,” Lamont posted on X.
– Delaware has travel restrictions “until further notice” for Kent, Sussex and New Castle counties, state police posted on X.
– Massachusetts restricted truck travel on interstate highways “until further notice,” the state’s Department of Transportation posted. “Restrictions include box trucks, tractor trailer, tandem, and special permit trucks.”
