Parts of the Northeast were buried in up to 30 inches of snow Sunday as a 'historic nor'easter' released its grip on the region while bitter cold and strong winds swept across the entire East Coast.
At its peak, the storm pounded some parts of the state with up to 4 inches of snow an hour. More than 100,000 Massachusetts homes and businesses lost power, but more than half of those had power restored by Sunday afternoon. Dawn Brantley, director of the state Emergency Management Agency, said she hoped most of the power knocked out by theBrantley said National Guard members, police, firefighters and transportation workers were among those working to clean up after the storm.
"This was a very challenging storm, with heavy snowfall rates, strong wind gusts and very low visibility due to the whiteout conditions," MassDOT Secretary Jamey Tesler said in urging patience during the cleanup effort.In New York, the National Weather Service tweeted a warning for those digging out after the storm: "The day after our big nor'easter will be mostly sunny but 10-15 degrees below normal.
Blizzard conditions were confirmed in New Jersey for Atlantic City, which measured 16 inches of snow, and Cape May, as well as the Delaware beaches,“I was around for the Blizzard of ’78, and this one was worse," Joe Brescia, 72, said Sunday as he shoveled his sidewalk in nearby Warwick. "The wind was tremendous.”
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