Overview
- - The rapidly intensifying nor’easter met bomb-cyclone criteria and delivered 1 to 3 feet of snow regionwide, with Providence officially measuring 37.9 inches to set a city record.
- - Hurricane-force coastal gusts were recorded, including 84 mph at Montauk and 80-plus mph on Nantucket, contributing to downed trees, damaged lines and coastal flooding.
- - States of emergency and travel bans were enacted across multiple states; New York City lifted its ban at noon Monday, with schools largely reopening Tuesday as cleanup advanced.
- - Storm-related outages topped 500,000 customers along the East Coast at peak, and officials in Massachusetts and elsewhere warned full restoration will take days due to access and safety constraints.
- - Air travel was hammered with more than 10,000 flight cancellations from Sunday to Tuesday, and forecasters expect a fast-moving system late Tuesday night into Wednesday to drop up to an inch along the I‑95 corridor with 1 to 3 inches inland and the potential for another late‑week wave.