Frigid cold nipped at New England after the region’s fourth winter storm in a month blew through, piling another foot of snow on top of 6-foot-high mounds in Boston, and forecasters said another winter blast might hit midweek.
New Englanders were talking in superlatives — harshest, most relentless — with a winter that has tested their mettle. Forecasters warned Sunday of exceptionally cold air, perhaps the coldest in years. Strong winds were expected to continue into Monday, reducing visibility, creating drifts and complicating an ongoing cleanup effort.
“It’s historic,” Frank Libby said as he walked down a deserted street in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. “I think we’re in uncharted territory. People just don’t know how to deal with the logistics of it.”
A pedestrian walks through drifting snow driven by strong wind in Boston. (AP)
A DEEP FREEZE
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SOUTHERN SNOW TOO?
Forecasters say a snowstorm could bring 6 to 9 inches to parts of Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Freezing rain was forecast for northern Mississippi and 2 to 4 inches of snow and sleet is possible in north Georgia. A storm also threatened to hit Atlanta, where just over a year ago an ice storm trapped commuters for hours on the region’s freeways.
Belk, the weather forecaster, said that after heading out to sea, the storm may turn north and drop a fresh round of snow on the Northeast on Tuesday, though it’s unclear how much. “The question is whether it grazes by southern New England on its way out to the North Atlantic,” he said.
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AP writers Rik Stevens in Concord, New Hampshire, William J. Kole in Bourne, Massachusetts, Denise Lavoie in Whitman, Massachusetts, Rodrique Ngowi in Scituate, Massachusetts, Sylvia Lee Wingfield in Boston, David Sharp in Portland, Maine, and Albert Stumm in Philadelphia contributed to this report. Melia reported from Hartford, Connecticut.
