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Massachusetts schools will remain closed on Wednesday as the region continues cleanup from a blizzard that battered New England, with authorities assessing damage and ongoing recovery efforts.
Rhode Island ended the travel ban at noon after a historic blizzard, but officials urged residents to avoid unnecessary travel as cleanup continues. The National Guard aided warming centers and outreach, mutual aid was requested for heavy equipment, and Rhode Island Energy reported more than 400 crews and 1,400 personnel working to restore power, a process that could take 72 hours or longer in some areas, with hundreds of disabled vehicles and crashes logged.
A record-breaking blizzard slammed the Northeast, delivering over two feet of snow in some areas, triggering deaths, hundreds of thousands of power outages, widespread flight cancellations, school closures, and major transit disruptions as crews begin clearing snow; forecasters warn another storm could hit later this week, potentially hindering recovery.
The Boston Globe will not publish its Tuesday print edition due to a historic blizzard that stranded staff at the Taunton printing press, delaying delivery until Wednesday.
As a blizzard and a travel ban complicate operations, New York City restaurants face a rapid choice between staying closed for safety or opening to serve customers stuck at home; staff volunteers, demonstrated by Welcome Home Bakery in Bed‑Stuy, helped some shops open and sell out within hours, highlighting the tension between winter demand and labor safety.
A heavy, wet Blizzard of 2026 dumps significant snowfall across Massachusetts, with Boston around 17 inches by Monday evening and the season total exceeding 60 inches. Southeastern MA bore the brunt, Providence, RI set a 37.9-inch record, and many towns reported 20–36 inches while widespread power outages affected thousands.
A historic blizzard dumped up to 3 feet of snow across the Northeast, prompting states of emergency and travel bans, grounding thousands of flights and causing widespread power outages, while schools closed and officials warned the storm could rank among New York City’s worst in 150 years as conditions persisted.
A historic Northeast blizzard dumped more than 2 feet of snow across New Jersey, Rhode Island and Long Island, leaving more than 40 million people under warnings as states of emergency and travel bans were declared; the disruption included thousands of flight cancellations (over 5,600), major school closures (including Boston), widespread power outages (over 660,000 customers), and broad transit restrictions, with conditions expected to persist into Tuesday.
Governor Healey signed an executive order banning non-essential motor vehicle travel in Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable counties due to dangerous snow and road conditions, with the Mass Pike speed reduced to 40 mph; exemptions cover essential workers and critical services, and the ban will be lifted when MassDOT determines conditions are safe, as the department redeploys snow removal resources and statewide highway service is expected to remain limited for an extended period.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey issued an executive order banning nonessential motor vehicle travel in several South Coast counties amid a severe blizzard, slashed the Turnpike speed limit to 40 mph, and mobilized state resources including redeploying plows and activating 150 National Guard members to aid snow removal and emergency response. Violators face up to a $500 fine, and the ban will be lifted when conditions are safe as a state of emergency remains in effect for much of the state.
A historic bomb cyclone blankets the Northeast with record snowfall—from Rhode Island’s three-plus feet to about 20 inches in New York City—causing widespread power outages, canceling thousands of flights and dimming travel across the region. Massachusetts reports hundreds of stranded vehicles, Cape Cod outages, and travel bans; New York City enacts homelessness outreach amid freezing conditions; cities mobilize extensive snow removal and shelters, with restoration expected to take days as crews work around the clock and Boston stores excess snow in ‘snow farms.’
A monster nor'easter unleashes blizzard conditions across Massachusetts, forcing school closures and power outages as heavy snow piles up; already well over a foot in many towns and two feet in some areas, with a town-by-town tally from the National Weather Service showing wide variation; Rhode Island reports a record 32.8 inches at TF Green, and more accumulations are expected before the storm winds down.
A historic blizzard pounds Massachusetts with heavy snow and high winds, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands, triggering a southeastern travel ban, canceling classes, and causing major transit and air-travel disruptions as crews race to restore outages and clear roads.
A massive winter storm slammed the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with blizzard conditions, triggering widespread power outages (over 500,000) and more than 10,000 flight cancellations as major hubs in Boston, New York and Philadelphia grounded operations. Snow totals topped two feet in parts of New Jersey and Long Island (Babylon 29 inches; Freehold 26; NYC Central Park about 15 inches) and travel bans and road restrictions were imposed as residents were urged to stay home.