NEW YORK – A powerful winter storm blanketed parts of the tri-state area with more than a foot of snow early Monday, creating hazardous travel conditions and prompting officials to urge residents to stay off the roads.
What we know:
Snow was still falling across the region Monday morning, with the heaviest bands producing rates of up to 3 inches per hour in some areas, making travel hazardous despite ongoing plowing efforts.
Snowfall totals climbed into the double digits in several communities across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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1 W Coney Island (Brooklyn): 16 inches1 SE Williamsburg (Brooklyn): 15.3 inchesMott Haven (Bronx): 15 inchesLong Island: 14.9 inchesDongan Hills (Staten Island): 14 inchesBrooklyn: 13 inches1 WSW Grasmere (Staten Island): 12.7 inchesSpring Valley (Rockland County): 12 inches3 NW Flatbush (Brooklyn): 11.7 inchesCentral Park: 9.3 inches (as of latest report; likely higher) Perth Amboy: 20 inchesMetuchen: 17.7 inchesCranbury: 17 inches1 SW Westfield: 16 inchesSouth River: 15.5 inchesRidgefield: 15.2 inches1 SW Cranbury: 15 inchesNorth Brunswick: 14.9 inchesWarren: 14.5 inchesUnion: 14 inches1 S Mountainside: 14 inchesWestfield: 13.2 inchesAvenel: 13 inchesCranford: 11.8 inches1 SW Edison: 11.8 inchesNewark Airport: 11.1 inchesNorthwestern New Jersey: 9.5 inches Madison: 10.5 inchesNorth Haven: 9.5 inchesShelton: 7.8 inchesNorwalk: 6.5 inchesNew Canaan: 12.2 inches
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The Source: This article includes information provided by the National Weather Service New York.