A major winter storm continued to move through New England Sunday, forcing residents to hunker down.
Some damage occurred due to snow at the foot of the mountain. confusion NBC Boston reported that there were power outages, closures, vehicle accidents and flight delays.
video footage show An NBC News reporter stands on a snow-covered street in a Boston suburb. She noted that much of it fell overnight.
A major winter storm is hitting the Northeast this morning, bringing snow and freezing rain to several states. In some areas, it will be the first heavy snowfall in two years. @kathyparknbc We publish the latest information from the greater Boston area, Massachusetts. #SundayToday pic.twitter.com/hO0aK2p3L3
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 7, 2024
Officials issued a winter storm warning and urged residents in the Northeast to be on alert, the NBC Boston article continued.
The National Weather Service said it was a “major winter storm” that would continue into Sunday night and could dump up to a foot of snow in parts of New England. Temperatures will drop sharply between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m., and roads may become icy by the evening. Ice remains on roads and could remain overnight before beginning to melt by late Monday morning.
As of 9 a.m. Sunday, about 17,000 electricity customers in Massachusetts were without power, and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said about 2,000 pieces of equipment were clearing the state's highways.
About 80 flights to and from Boston Logan International Airport were canceled as the storm passed through the area.
Additionally, some flights were canceled at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.
NBC Boston reports that another storm could form on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing rain, flooding and strong winds.
In some areas of New York and New Jersey, the snowstorm left roads wet and snow piling up, NBC New York reported. report Sunday.
“The overnight system dumped as much as a foot of snow in parts of Orange, Ulster and Sussex counties, and it took just 12 hours to reach that snowfall level,” the paper said, adding that Central Park saw barely an inch of snow. It added that there was no snowfall.
Residents of the Hudson Valley and northern New Jersey were buried under more than a foot of snow.
A person clears snow in front of a business in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 7, 2024. Forecasters warned on January 5 that heavy snow and wintry weather could bring travel disruption to the northeastern United States, putting about 25 million people under severe storm warnings. . (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
“Snow is expected to continue throughout the day today as eastern New York and western New England remain under the influence of a coastal storm system,” the National Weather Service in Albany said in a statement. announced In a social media post Sunday:
Eastern New York and western New England remain under the influence of a coastal storm, so snow is expected to continue falling throughout the day today.
Please send us your snow report. pic.twitter.com/IKZRNu2rJ5
— NWS Albany (@NWSAlbany) January 7, 2024
Friday, ABC 7 report New Yorkers were preparing for the oncoming storm. Some neighbors were looking forward to it, others were not.
Meanwhile, a hardware store manager interviewed at the store said the bad weather was good for business.
“They're panicking, as they often do. The most important thing is salt, which melts ice. Salt melts ice. Others include snow brushes for cars, ice scrapers, and shovels. and so on,” she explained.
