Another weekend, another major snowstorm: A winter storm on America’s north-east coast has brought near-whiteout conditions.
The storm, which began on Saturday and surged into Sunday, has blanketed parts of the city with about another foot of snow -- on top of 6 feet that has fallen over the last month.
“It’s official,” the National Weather Service tweeted earlier on Sunday. “Boston has reached its snowiest month on record with 45.5 total inches. The old record was 43.3 in January 2005.”
The snowy conditions have forced the cancellation of more than 1,750 passenger flights, most of them into and out of airports in Boston and New York.
And residents of Boston had only one message for Mother Nature: “Give us a break.”
A worker clears the snow off the sidewalk in front of a Victoria's Secret store along a snow covered street during a winter snowstorm in Boston. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters
A pedestrian with his glasses fogged over walks through the snow during a winter blizzard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters
Snow covers the barred entrance to Arlington Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station during the winter storm Neptune which dropped over a foot of snow in Boston, Massachusetts. This is the fourth major storm to hit the New England region that has already seen more than 6 feet of snow in some areas. Photograph: Scott Eisen/Getty Images
A snowmobile pulls a man on snow board on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts following the winter storm. The storm set a record for the city’s snowiest month since weather records were kept, the National Weather Service said. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters
Cars remain buried on East 5th Street in Boston, Massachussets. Boston and surrounding towns were severely impacted following the most recent snow storm to hit the area. Photograph: Scott Eisen/Getty Images
A woman shovels snow on Joy Street during a winter blizzard in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters
A woman tries to catch snow flakes with her tongue as she waits in line outside the 139th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in the Manhattan borough of New York. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
MBTA commuter trains idles during the winter storm. Over 1,000 flights too remain delayed owing to the snowstorm. Photograph: Scott Eisen/Getty Images
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