450,000 homes and businesses in northeastern America are still powerless as workers began the massive task of digging out cities and towns left buried after a monster snow storm hit America and Canada on Friday.
At least 9 deaths have been recorded so far. On an average 3 feet of snow fell in few hours across the northern America and Canada.
Blizzard abated Saturday morning but people in many parts of America like New York, Boston, Providence, Rhode Island and parts of Canada are still stuck in their homes and offices.
Workers are struggling to get airports trains and highways back online.
Snowstorm began on Friday forcing the cancellation of more than 5,000 flights, and knocking down power to more than 650,000 customers.
A travel ban was held across Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts and blizzard warnings were announced across eastern New England with gusts up to 40 mph in cities that include Providence, Rhode Island, and Boston.
However, the travel ban and blizzard warnings were lifted on Saturday.
Mandatory evacuations were issued earlier Saturday for Massachusetts coastal regions near the town of Hull because of flooding concerns, and high winds whipped throughout the area. Authorities advised residents to leave shoreline areas in Marshfield and Scituate.
In Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick said the emphasis of the snowstorm response is gradually shifting from snow removal to restoring power to more than 405,000 homes and businesses still in the dark across a widespread region.
As much as 31 inches fell in some regions with Jamaica Plain in Boston getting 25.5 inches and Logan International Airport just under 22 inches.
Across the state, officials were reporting high-popping powder totals. Spencer topped the state with 31 inches followed by Framingham with 30.5 inches and Northboro with 29.5 inches, according to the weather service.
Some streets in Connecticut resembled ski slopes or mountain passes. People could not open their doors.
With snow still falling, the Weather Service said it had reports out of New Haven County of 36.2 inches in Oxford and 38 inches in Milford.
(with inputs from IANS)
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