Overview
- Snowfall reached nearly 50 centimeters in New York’s Central Park, topped 80 centimeters in parts of Massachusetts, and set a Providence, Rhode Island record at about 83 centimeters.
- Roughly 500,000 customers remained without electricity by Monday evening, with the largest outages reported in Massachusetts as utilities worked to repair downed lines.
- Air travel was severely disrupted with about 4,700 flights canceled Monday, and major New York–area airports reported prolonged stoppages and knock-on delays into Tuesday.
- New York City’s temporary driving ban was lifted after the worst passed, but schools and many public facilities stayed closed Monday with classes set to resume Tuesday.
- Governors across several Northeast states declared emergencies and activated shelters, while officials cautioned about coastal flooding, fallen trees and hazardous travel during cleanup.