Blizzard live updates: Snow totals top 2 feet as wind gusts reach 80 mph
The governors of New York and New Jersey have issued states of emergency.
A massive winter storm is barreling across the Northeast, dumping more than 2 feet of snow and prompting the first blizzard warning for New York City in nearly a decade.
Blowing winds up to 80 mph and heavy snow are pummeling New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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Record snowfall for Rhode Island, Long Island
Rhode Island is seeing its largest snowfall on record, with 32.8 inches and counting in Providence as of Monday afternoon.
Long Island also saw its largest snowfall on record, with 29.1 inches in Islip as of Monday afternoon.
Elsewhere, snow totals have reached over 27 inches in Newark, New Jersey -- the second largest on record; 14 inches in Philadelphia, the city's biggest snowfall in 10 years; and 19.7 inches in New York City's Central Park, the ninth largest on record.
Power outages hit Northeast
The storm is knocking out power across the Northeast, with Massachusetts and New Jersey hit the hardest with 280,000 and 120,000 customers without power respectively.
Snow totals top 2 feet
Snow totals have topped 2 feet across the Northeast as the monster storm continues to slam the region.
In New York City's Central Park, a whopping 19 inches of snow has been recorded, the biggest snowfall in 10 years, while Providence, Rhode Island, is at 32 inches so far, its largest snowfall on record.
Other snow totals have reached 16 inches in Atlantic City, New Jersey; 27 inches in Newark, New Jersey; 29 inches on Long Island, New York, and in Babylon, New York; 22 inches in Langhorne, Pennsylvania; and 27 in Dighton, Massachusetts.
Philadelphia has recorded 14 inches, marking the city's biggest single snowfall in 10 years.
NYC remains under state of emergency, schools to reopen Tuesday
New York City remains under a state of emergency even though "the worst has passed," Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a news conference Monday.
"I’m imploring New Yorkers to stay off the roads," he said.
Over 2 feet of snow has fallen in parts of Staten Island, Mamdani said. Central Park has recorded more than 19 inches.
"Conditions have begun to moderate, but there is still more to come," he said, noting that snow will linger through the afternoon and wind gusts could stay as high as 40 mph through the evening.
Mamdani said the city’s schools will return to in-person learning on Tuesday.