Winter Storm Juno didn't pummel New York as many feared but it has left New England residents immobile.
Boston received 20.8 inches of snow in the hours after a state of emergency was declared. As of Tuesday afternoon, the highest reported amount fell in Auburn with 32.5 inches. Flooding in the coastal town of Nantucket left over 12,800 customers and all but four homes without power, according to the Boston Herald. About 72 miles away, nearly a dozen Marshfield homes were damaged - and two were condemned - when an 80-foot section of a seawall suffered extensive structural damage during Tuesday morning's high tide.
Outside of Massachusetts, Portland, Maine reached 16 inches of snow while Atkinson, Connecticut hit the 26 inch mark; 28.5 inches fell in Orient on New York's Long Island. The storm's first and only casualty thus far is a 17-year-old Long Island teen who died in a sledding accident. Mother Nature isn't done just yet. While New Jersey and New York City have lifted travel bans, New England residents are bracing for another night of heavy snow.
"8 million people in RI, MA, NH & ME are still under a Blizzards Warning," was posted on the National Weather Service's Twitter page late Tuesday afternoon. They expect about 80 percent of the total snow accumulation to happen overnight.
Blizzard-like conditions will continue into Wednesday morning as the system slowly moves up along the northeast. Over two feet of snow have fallen in Boston so far prompting police to drive several doctors and nurses to hospitals. Efforts to snowplow roads proved futile as the heaviest snowfall since 24.9 inches left the city in a complete standstill last February.
The final bands of snow will dissipate into a more shower conditions as Winter Storm Juno heads toward Atlantic Canada.