Portions of Rhode Island, Long Island and eastern Massachusetts recorded more than two feet of snow and whiteout conditions during the day Saturday, and a few areas of Massachusetts experienced hurricane-force winds.
29: By Saturday night, the brunt of the powerful winter storm remained concentrated over New York, Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts, but a northward shift is expected overnight, The New York Times reported.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts Gov.
29: Winds gusted at 70 mph, nearly at hurricane force, or higher at several spots in Massachusetts, including Nantucket Island and Provincetown on Cape Cod, according to The Associated Press.
Coast Guard told The New York Times that the Sound was seeing 5-foot waves, but waves about 20 miles from Montauk were cresting at 20 feet.
29: Flights out of Boston’s Logan International Airport for Sunday have been canceled, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight delays and cancellations.
By noon, more than 18 inches of snow had fallen on eastern Long Island and parts of the Jersey shore, The New York Times reported.
Snow showers and ice hit the area before moving north and dumping snow over parts of the Northeast and Canada, the Times reported.
The storm is expected to be the biggest to hit the state since 2017, when 19 inches of snow fell in East Hartford, Lessor added.
8-9 blizzard in 2013, which dumped more than 2 feet of snow around the state and more than 3 feet — 40 inches — in Hamden.
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