A fierce winter storm buried some areas in nearly three feet of snow and left more than 650,000 people without heat and power as it pounded the US Northeast.
The blizzard was blamed for six deaths in New York state and Canada. Airlines cancelled more than 5,000 flights and drivers stranded in their cars on a Long Island highway were given refuge in a local supermarket.
But in the two biggest cities in America's most populous region, the authorities were breathing a sigh of relief that they were not hit worse.
As day broke in Boston, the total had reached 21 inches, with snow still falling but the heaviest phase of the storm was over. Eight inches fell on Central Park in Manhattan and 11 inches in the New York borough of Brooklyn.
But the Connecticut town of Hamden was blanketed by 34 inches and much of the state received more than two foot of snow. Rhode Island's state capital Providence looked like a white-clad ghost town, with only emergency vehicles able to move.
Milford in Connecticut received 38 inches by mid-morning, the highest recorded fall of the storm so far. Central Park passed 11 inches and Stony Brook on Long Island was buried under 27 inches.Several governors declared states of emergency and in three states, cars were banned from major roads in an unprecedented measure. An hour east of New York in Stony Brook, residents were beginning to dig out after a 24 inch fall. Winds gusting up to 75 mph whipped up drifts several feet deep and brought down power lines across the region. The howling winds and swirling snow caused near white-out conditions in many places. Shops and fuel stations witnessed panic buying, not least in New York and New Jersey where memories of the havoc wrought by Hurricane Sandy barely three months ago are still deeply-etched. Much of the region remained paralysed all day, with transport at a near standstill, but New York's airports re-opened. Residents of coastal Massachusetts faced fresh dangers from surging ice-filled floodwaters after the morning high tide swept into snow-bound streets and gardens.
fuente, telegraph
Milford in Connecticut received 38 inches by mid-morning, the highest recorded fall of the storm so far. Central Park passed 11 inches and Stony Brook on Long Island was buried under 27 inches.Several governors declared states of emergency and in three states, cars were banned from major roads in an unprecedented measure. An hour east of New York in Stony Brook, residents were beginning to dig out after a 24 inch fall. Winds gusting up to 75 mph whipped up drifts several feet deep and brought down power lines across the region. The howling winds and swirling snow caused near white-out conditions in many places. Shops and fuel stations witnessed panic buying, not least in New York and New Jersey where memories of the havoc wrought by Hurricane Sandy barely three months ago are still deeply-etched. Much of the region remained paralysed all day, with transport at a near standstill, but New York's airports re-opened. Residents of coastal Massachusetts faced fresh dangers from surging ice-filled floodwaters after the morning high tide swept into snow-bound streets and gardens.
fuente, telegraph
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