A winter storm has caused widespread disruption after hitting states across the US Northeast overnight, covering cities in snow and closing schools down.
As the storm's effects gave way to sunshine in New York and Connecticut, residents began shovelling sidewalks and removing tree debris that had fallen into roads and public throughways.
In Boston and areas around that city, a similar effort was undertaken after the storm dropped as much 16in in some places.
Meanwhile, school children were off in cities like New York, where Mayor Bill de Blasio announced closures on Sunday evening. Hundreds of snow ploughs were deployed in the city to keep the streets clared.
Before making it to the northeast, the storm dropped several inches of snow on the Midwest. It was the expected to drop between 6in and 12in from portions of central Pennsylvania on northward along the coast.
The heaviest snowfalls were expected in New England, and freezing temperatures were expected through the week.
The storm also impacted travel, with buses and planes being delayed from major terminals, including New York's John F Kennedy International Airport.
Read along for our updates as they came in
The Weather Channel has reported the winter storm is moving away from the eastern New England region after nearly a foot of snow covered many areas and forced a number of states to close schools and businesses ahead of Monday morning:
Boston received nearly 16 in of snow in regions like Sharon, whereas Connectricut received 16 1/2 in.
Rhode Island received 17 in, leaving nearly 30,000 residents without power on Monday morning.
New York City’s Public Schools system tweeted the following message on Sunday night, cancelling classes for the day:
The snow is expected to subside for most of the country by midday on Monday, though much of the New England region has already announced a total closure of schools and businesses for the day.
Police departments and schools tweeted out closures throughout the night, as residents across the country shared images of their communities covered in snow:
Though other parts of the country aren’t experiencing heavy snow, regions like Austin, Texas, have been impacted by rapidly changing temperatures.
Below are the latest reported snowfalls across Boston:
More than a foot of snow has fallen on areas of southern New England, forcing schools across the region to close and knocking out power to thousands.
The National Weather Service’s Boston-area office says as of Monday morning areas to the west and south of the city received the most snow, with 16 inches in Sharon, more than 15 in Weymouth and Foxborough, and 14 in Framingham and Natick, according to unofficial measurements.
Pomfret, Connecticut had 16 ½ inches and Burrillville, Rhode Island got 17.
The region’s major utilities reported about 30,000 customers still without electricity as of 8 a.m. Monday.
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As a snowstorm subsides, a tornado in Alabama has left multiple people dead and a community in mourning. Donald Trump tweeted about the situation on Monday morning:
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