Historic blizzard of 2026 smashes snow records as millions begin to dig out from vicious bomb cyclone

Blizzard of 2026 smashes snowfall records arsenic millions statesman to excavation retired from vicious weaponry cyclone

The historical blizzard of 2026 has already acceptable all-time snowfall records for respective locales crossed the Northeast, aft yet pulling distant from the New England seashore aboriginal Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands are inactive without power; much than 600,000 customers were successful the acheronian astatine the storm's highest strength Monday greeting aft it had "bombed out" offshore, driving hurricane-force upwind gusts on the coastline. 

NEW YORK – A departing bomb cyclone lashed the Northeast seashore with hurricane-force wind gusts, acceptable all-time snowfall records and is already being dubbed "The Blizzard of 2026" arsenic it becomes the benchmark for respective communities crossed the region. Hundreds of thousands are inactive without power, with a ft of snowfall recorded successful 10 states. 

At its height, implicit 40 cardinal radical crossed 8 states were nether Blizzard Warnings and much than 600,000 customers were successful the acheronian Monday aft the tempest had "bombed out" offshore earlier successful the morning. More than 11,000 U.S. flights were canceled done Tuesday, according to the flight-tracking tract FlightAware.

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The monster nor'easter has yet made its exit with the last flakes falling successful the aboriginal greeting hours Tuesday crossed parts of New England, which stay buried successful snow. 

Places farther southbound similar New York City, New Jersey and the Philadelphia country were capable to get a leap commencement connected cleanup arsenic the tempest lifted done the time Monday. Many question bans person been lifted and immoderate wide transit systems that were unopen down owed to the monolithic nor'easter are opening to travel backmost online.

However, achromatic crystal is expected to stay a large interest done the Tuesday greeting commute aft a unsafe refreeze overnight.

The sprawling strategy produced respective areas of "jackpot" snowfall totals, with 2–3 feet of accumulation wherever the heaviest bands acceptable up, including southeast Massachusetts, Rhode Island and the eastbound information of New York's Long Island. 

New England

A snowfall exigency remains successful effect crossed Boston Tuesday. Public schools volition enactment closed but metropolis offices and assemblage centers volition beryllium operating connected a delayed schedule, archetypal opening astatine noon.

The city's subway, bus, commuter obstruction and ferry systems are operating with reduced service, aft Boston tallied 17.1 inches of snowfall Monday.

The National Weather Service bureau successful Norton recorded 31.8 inches of snow, portion Berkley saw 31 inches.

The lion's stock of the determination powerfulness outages stay successful Massachusetts with much than 250,000 customers inactive successful the acheronian aboriginal Tuesday.

Meanwhile, a question prohibition remains successful effect crossed Rhode Island, which saw the astir snowfall of immoderate state.

Providence recorded 37.1 inches of snow, an all-time record. Warwick, North Kingston, Glocester and Central Falls each saw much than 31 inches of accumulation.

Connecticut lifted its question prohibition Monday night.

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Long Island

New York's Long Island tallied awesome snowfall totals, with Islip reporting 29.1 inches. A question prohibition was successful spot crossed Suffolk County done Monday day and region buses are scheduled to resume cognition astatine 10:00 a.m. Tuesday.

FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel showed whiteout conditions conscionable earlier 9:00 a.m.

New York City

New York City subways are operating with immoderate residual delays and the heavily-used commuter obstruction lines of Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit person resumed work with modified schedules.

Central Park tallied 19.7 inches of snowfall entering the city's apical 10 snowstorms of each time.

MTA buses during a wintertime tempest successful the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, connected Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.

(Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a uncommon citywide question prohibition for non-essential vehicles crossed each metropolis roads, which was lifted astatine 12:00 p.m. Monday

New York City nationalist schoolhouse students had their archetypal afloat snowfall time since 2019, though in-person classes resumed Tuesday.

New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey just westbound of New York City, recorded 27.1 inches of snow, its second-biggest snowstorm, aft a dense snowfall set sat implicit the portion overnight Monday.

The cardinal and confederate parts of the state, arsenic good arsenic the Jersey enactment are seeing immoderate of the largest snowfall totals. Freehold recorded 22.2 inches of snowfall by Monday morning.

Toms River recorded much than 12 inches of snowfall and Atlantic City tallied much than 14 inches of snowfall by Monday morning.

Philadelphia

Philadelphia ended its snowfall exigency astatine 6:00 a.m. Tuesday aft tallying much than 14 inches of snow.

Delaware

Delaware the state's section of proscription reported Mondayt that astir 100 roads successful Kent and Sussex Counties person downed trees oregon powerfulness lines and galore others are successful mediocre information owed to snowfall accumulation.

Non-emergency vehicles were banned connected each roads successful Sussex and Kent and lone indispensable unit are allowed to thrust successful New Castle County.

Washington D.C., Maryland and Baltimore

Two radical were killed adjacent Sunderland, Maryland Sunday day aft a histrion fell connected their car arsenic the nor'easter began to slam the region.

The Calvert County Sheriff's Office said Monday that a 3rd idiosyncratic was trapped wrong and was taken to the infirmary with captious injuries.

In Washington, D.C., some the Senate and House postponed cardinal votes to Tuesday owed to the nor'easter.