Much of the northeastern US was battered by massive amounts of snowfall combined with high winds on Monday morning, forcing residents to stay home amid travel bans and blizzard warnings.
Tens of millions of Americans, from the US capital Washington to the northern state of Maine, were warned to prepare for up to two feet of snow in some areas – and it came as warned.
The National Weather Service called travel conditions “nearly impossible,” with residents advised to shelter at home until further notice, while others in New York are taking to the streets to literally fight their way out of trouble — as long as they can provide the necessary paperwork and/or clearances as requested by Democratic leaders.
The AP report details just some of the snowfalls that brought the Northeast to a standstill:
In New York, Long Island MacArthur Airport reported 2 feet of snow Monday morning.
Parts of New York City had accumulations in the mid to high teens, with Coney Island getting 16 inches.
Freehold, New Jersey, had 22 inches. New London, Connecticut, and North Kingstown, Rhode Island, both received 17 inches of snow.
Elsewhere, blizzard warnings stretched from Maryland to Maine, while cellphones in New York received whining push alerts Sunday evening announcing a ban on non-emergency travel on all streets until Monday afternoon due to “dangerous blizzard conditions,” the AP report notes.
Rhode Island and New Jersey introduced similar restrictions.
A look at Union City, NJ, shows how deep the snow has fallen in the past 24 hours. (Frances Martel/Breitbart)
A person cycles past Times Square in Manhattan during a snowfall in New York City, on February 22, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty)
According to flight tracking website FlightAware, more than 5,000 flights to and from the United States were canceled on Monday.
Most were canceled in New York, New Jersey and Boston.
Power outages are likely due to heavy snow and strong winds, forecasters said. Just after 1:39 a.m. local time (0639 GMT) on Monday, nearly 80,000 customers were without power in New Jersey, according to tracking website poweroutage.us.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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