Northeast snowstorm News

Obama Approves Rhode Island Blizzard Disaster Declaration

Rhode Island officials say President Barack Obama has approved the state’s request for a disaster declaration connected to a blizzard in January that caused an estimated $4.7 million in damage. Officials with the state Emergency Management Agency say the president …

Cal U. of Pennsylvania Teaches Tricky Science of Predicting Snow

Predicting winter weather is a slippery slope. People depend on weather forecasters to tell them when to stock up on milk and bread, but if a predicted blizzard doesn’t materialize, a flurry of complaints surface on social media. Snow is …

New York City Blizzard Proves Dud as Weather Forecasters Miss Mark

Reopen Broadway, start up the trains, get the commuters back on the road. The great New York City blizzard of ’15 was a bust. Not that there was no snow — Manhattan’s Central Park had 7.9 inches (20 centimeters) as …

Blizzard Sweeps Northeast U.S., New York Spared Its Brunt

A blizzard swept across the northeastern United States on Tuesday, dropping as much as 2 feet (60 cm) of snow across Massachusetts and Connecticut even as its impact on New York City fell short of dire predictions. The governors of …

N.Y. Region Revives With Travel Bans Lifted as Blizzard Fizzles

The New York region lurched back to life after a storm advertised as a potentially life-threatening blizzard ended up as a mundane winter snowfall. Travel bans for automobiles in New York and New Jersey were lifted and New York City’s …

New York, Northeast May Get 3 Feet of Snow in Historic Storm

A blizzard forecasters call “life-threatening” that may drop three feet of snow from New York to Boston has caused more than 1,800 flight cancellations and will likely block road and rail traffic, close schools and knock out power across the …

State Farm: No Unusual Claims Activity in Northeast From Weekend Snowstorm

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. says last weekend’s snowstorm that dropped as much as 17 inches of snow in parts of the Northeast didn’t have much of an impact in terms of claims activities in the area. “We did …