Blizzard spares New York but not Boston

A winter storm Juno which was expected to cause record breaking snowfall over New York, has moved further east and heaped snow on Connecticut and Massachusetts on Monday. On Monday emergency was declared on Northeastern states and up to three feet of snow was expected. A driving ban was imposed and in an unprecedented move the subway was closed for nearly 10 hours. However, on Tuesday morning the New Yorkers were in for a pleasant surprise, to find a blanket of snow which was much lighter than what was predicted.

The worst affected areas were Connecticut and Massachusetts which recorded 52 cm and 67 cm of snow, respectively. In New York Central Park 13.5 cm of snow was recorded. Boston and New Hampshire recorded heavy snowfall of around two feet.

The National Weather Service is still warning the people of life threatening conditions along the New England coast as the storm moves northwards to Canada. The storm has caused major air traffic problems because as many as 7100 flights were canceled on Monday and Tuesday. The National Weather Service removed the blizzard warning  throughout the New York City area but offices and schools will remain closed in the region as some roads have become impossible to drive on. There was one death reported in an accident where the victim lost control of the car and the car went on to hit a lamp post.

The mayor of New York and New Jersey have lifted the travel ban and have also ordered the schools to re-open on Wednesday.

As if the blizzard and the cold that follows in its wake were not causing enough problems, some more storms are on the way. These snowstorms will affect people from Long Island to Boston as more snow is likely in the coming days. Another storm is predicted to move through the mid-Atlantic and New England Thursday night and into Friday. However, this storm is expected to be less severe in nature than the one which dumped feet of snow in parts of New England, witnessed through the middle of the week.