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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - NEW YORK — A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeastern United States on Monday, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.
Meteorologists said the storm is the strongest in a decade, dumping more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow in parts of the metropolitan Northeast, shattering accumulation records in places, immobilizing transit and even leading the United Nations to postpone a Security Council meeting.
Officials declared emergencies, schools closed, including in New York City, which had its first “old-school” snow day in six years, and people grappled with power failures.
Even as the snow moved northward and tapered off in other areas, the National Weather Service said it is tracking another storm that could bring more snow to the region later this week.
Parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts have seen nearly 37in (94cm) of snowfall, with more than 19in in New York City's Central Park, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
Weather warnings stretched from North Carolina to northern Maine, with some in place further north in parts of eastern Canada.
More than 600,000 properties on the US east coast endured power outages, while the Boston Globe said it will not go to print for the first time in its 153-year history due to the storm.
Travel across the region has been severely limited, with some states and cities implementing travel bans during the worst period of the storm.
The so-called "nor'easter" is forecast to move away from the US on Tuesday and across coastal parts of eastern Canada, though strong winds are expected to persist, according to the NWS.
Rhode Island, the smallest US state, appeared to have received the most snow during the storm. In fact, it has become the worst snowstorm to ever hit the state, according to local media.
Providence, the state capital, received 36in (91cm) of snow, dwarfing the existing record for the single greatest snowstorm: 28.6in (72.6cm) set in February 1978.
"It completely smashed it," Candice Hrencecin, an NWS meteorologist in Boston, told the New York Times. "We were just as shocked as everyone else."
A ban on non-essential travel was implemented in Rhode Island and also in neighbouring Connecticut.
Later in the day, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey also imposed a travel ban.
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"White-out conditions are making travel extremely dangerous," she said in an online post. "If you get stuck, help will have a hard time reaching you... I strongly urge everyone to stay off the roads no matter where you live."
A white-out is when snow significantly reduces visibility.
In Massachusetts, nearly 300,000 were without power, according to monitor PowerOutage, including 85% of customers in Barnstable County, which includes all of Cape Cod.
The Boston Globe, based in the state's capital, said that despite overcoming "the elements, technical snafus and a global pandemic", Monday's blizzard had made it "impossible" to print and deliver a paper for Tuesday morning.
More than 2ft of snow had prevented its printing staff from getting to its printing press, the paper said. Subscribers will receive both Tuesday and Wednesday's edition on Wednesday.
In New York City, a travel ban brought the city of more than eight million people to a near standstill before it was lifted at noon local time (17:00 GMT). All roads, highways and bridges were closed.
The city's police department is also investigating footage showing officers being pelted with snowballs in Washington Square Park.
"I want to be very clear: the behaviour depicted is disgraceful, and it is criminal," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch wrote on social media.
In Connecticut and New Jersey, there were concerns that falling trees and branches could lead to dangerous road conditions and more power outages.
Meanwhile people looking to travel within the US on Monday struggled.
The number of canceled flights within, into or out of the US reached more than 5,706, according to tracker FlightAware.
The site shows that 98% of flights out of LaGuardia airport were cancelled and 91% of flights from JFK - New York City's primary airport hubs that typically see more than 335,000 passengers daily.
Both locations had seen around 19in (48cm) of snow.
The vast majority of flights were also cancelled out of Boston, Newark in New Jersey and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.
More than 2,000 flights have already been canceled across the US on Tuesday, with Boston, Newark and LaGuardia the worst-affected. — Agencies
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