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Nor’easter Pounds Northeast, Triggering Travel Bans, Thousands of Flight Cancellations and Power Outages

Officials report record snow in Rhode Island with New York City keeping a driving ban through noon Monday.

Overview

  • More than 5,600 flights were canceled and hundreds of thousands lost power as the storm swept across major I‑95 cities, according to FlightAware and local reports.
  • New York City limited road travel to emergencies until midday Monday and closed schools, while the United Nations headquarters shut its doors for the day.
  • Snow reached about 80 centimeters at Rhode Island’s T.F. Green Airport, a state record for a single storm, and Central Park in New York measured roughly 50 centimeters.
  • The National Weather Service said snowfall would ease overnight but warned that strong winds could continue to impact parts of the region.
  • Rhode Island and Massachusetts extended travel restrictions into Tuesday and Boston prolonged school closures, with storm warnings covering more than 40 million residents.