Blizzard of ’22: News from the weekend nor’easter you may have missed
Powerful storm blanketed parts of Northeast, New England in feet of snow
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Image 1 of 20People walk on Atlantic Ave during the snowstorm in downtown Boston on January 29, 2022. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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Image 2 of 20A resident walks down a street during a blizzard in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. A powerful winter storm is whipping the U.S. Northeast with high winds, crashing surf, and quickly piling up snow on the country's major transportation routes, while canceling flights and leaving thousands without power. (Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Image 3 of 20Waves crash over oceanfront homes during a noreaster in Scituate, Massachusetts on January 29, 2022. - Blinding snow whipped up by near-hurricane force winds pummeled the eastern United States on January 29, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered severe weather alerts, transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) ( )
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Image 4 of 20Scituate, MA - January 29: A truck passes through flooded Jericho Road on the Scituate waterfront in Scituate, MA on Jan. 29, 2022. A large storm bears down on New England, bringing one to two feet of snow, along with high winds, cold temperatures in one of the largest NorEasters in recent years. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) ( )
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Image 5 of 20SOMERVILLE, MA - JANUARY 29: People shovel outside of the Davis Square MBTA station during a snowstorm on January 29, 2022 in Somerville, Massachusetts. A powerful noreaster brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. The storm is predicted to drop over 2 feet of snow in some areas.(Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) ( )
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Image 6 of 20CAMBRIDGE, MA - JANUARY 29: People clear the sidewalk by the Harvard MBTA stop in Harvard Square during a snowstorm on January 29, 2022 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A powerful noreaster brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. The storm is predicted to drop over 2 feet of snow in some areas. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) ( )
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Image 7 of 20SETAUKET, NY - JANUARY 29: A supermarket parking on Rt. 25A lot is plowed during a major snowstorm on January 29, 2022 in Setauket, New York. A powerful nor’easter brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images) ( )
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Image 8 of 20SOMERVILLE, MA - JANUARY 29: People shovel outside of the Davis Square MBTA station during a snowstorm on January 29, 2022 in Somerville, Massachusetts. A powerful noreaster brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. The storm is predicted to drop over 2 feet of snow in some areas.(Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) ( )
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Image 9 of 20NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 29: People stand in the middle of 7th Avenue in Times Square during a snowstorm on January 29, 2022, in New York City. A powerful nor’easter brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) ( )
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Image 10 of 20NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: People stand in front of a snow-covered statue in Times Square during a Nor'easter storm on January 29, 2022 in New York City. The first Nor’easter of 2022 blanketed New York City with snow and high winds. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) ( )
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Image 11 of 20NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: Hundreds of people participate in a large snow ball fight in Washington Square Park on January 29, 2022 in New York City. A powerful nor’easter brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. There was a State of Emergency declared for New York City. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) ( )
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Image 12 of 20NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: A person gets in a yellow cab on the Upper West Side on January 29, 2022 in New York City. A powerful nor’easter brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. There was a State of Emergency declared for New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) ( )
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Image 13 of 20Snow drifts of several feet were reported in southern Massachusetts. (Jon Lamothe)
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Image 14 of 20A man walks through the snow along a street in New York on January 29, 2022. (Ed Jones)
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Image 15 of 20Entrance to Jim's Clam Shack during the snowstorm in Falmouth, Massasschuttes, on Jan. 29, 2022. (Bill Greene)
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Image 16 of 20A man walks along Surf Drive in whiteout conditions during the snowstorm in Falmouth, Massasschuttes, on Jan. 29, 2022. (Bill Greene)
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Image 17 of 20BOSTON, MA - JANUARY 29: People protect themselves from blowing wind and snow during white-out conditions as Winter Storm Kenan bears down on January 29, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. A powerful nor’easter brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. The storm is predicted to drop over 2 feet of snow in some areas. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) ( )
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Image 18 of 20High winds and blowing snow did not stop some from shoveling out in Hull, Massasschuttes, on Jan. 29, 2022, in near whiteout conditions. A large storm bears down on New England, bringing one to two feet of snow, along with high winds, cold temperatures in the largest NorEaster in recent years. (Jonathan Wiggs)
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Image 19 of 20A snowplow works to keep up with a winter storm as it bears down on January 29, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts. A powerful nor’easter brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. The storm is predicted to drop over 2 feet of snow in some areas. (Scott Eisen)
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Image 20 of 20JERSEY CITY, NJ - JANUARY 28: Light snow begins to shroud the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City before a heavier storm is expected to hit on January 28, 2022, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images))
A powerful storm pummeled the Northeast and New England over the weekend, burying parts of the regions in feet of snow.
Here’s a look at some of the news about the nor’easter that you may have missed.
It dumped heavy snow
Nor'easter shatters snowfall records across the Northeast
Cities across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic had snowfall records shatters by a powerful nor'easter that slammed the region on Saturday.
Widespread snow totals of 12-30 inches were observed along the New Jersey shores, across Long Island and into Rhode Island, Connecticut and eastern Massachusetts.
Some of the highest snow totals were recorded in Massachusetts. Stoughton, Sharon and Quincy ranked among the highest with their snow totals by seeing 30 inches of snow.
There were hurricane-force winds, blizzard conditions
Near-hurricane-force winds rip across Long Island during blockbuster nor'easter
Near-hurricane-force winds rip across Long Island during blockbuster nor'easter.
In addition to the snow, blistering wind speeds raked the coastlines with a gust of 87 mph registered in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, 83 mph in Nantucket and 78 mph in Provincetown.
Those high winds combined with the heavy snow and produced blizzard conditions across mainly coastal areas of the Northeast and New England.
It was a ‘bomb cyclone’
The storm underwent a process called "bombogenesis," meaning the central pressure of the low-pressure system dropped at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. According to the Weather Prediction Center, pressure in the cyclone dropped 35 millibars in 18 hours. That put it well inside the qualification to be designated a "bomb cyclone."
Man drowns while shoveling snow
A man drowned Saturday after falling into a swimming pool while shoveling snow during a blizzard on Long Island, according to reports.
FOX 5 New York reported the Southold Town Police Department received a 911 call regarding the incident around 8:30 a.m.
Crews are still working to restore power
Major power outages leave Cape Cod in the dark
Strong winds and heavy snow brought down power lines across Cape Cod leaving thousands of residents in the dark.
The high winds brought down power lines across parts of the Northeast and New England, leaving thousands of people without electricity.
A spokesman for Eversource, the power provider for the Boston area, said Monday that about 1,000 customers are still without power there and crews are working hard to get it restored.
Crews working around the clock to restore power in New England
Chris McKinnon, an Eversource Spokesperson, says crews are working around the clock to restore power in New England following the historic nor'easter over the weekend.