For the second consecutive weekend winter storms have overwhelmed sections of the U.S. including New England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Midwest. Scattered power outages were also reported.

It was the first time Massachusetts was involved in a snowstorm this year. The storm brought sleet, freezing rain and some snow throughout New England, reported CBS News in Boston.

Snowfall ranged from more than 1-inch in Boston to 10-inches in Commington.

As of 7 a.m. on Sunday, January 20, 2019 the National Grid reported 1,914 people were without power in Massachusetts with the majority being in Norfolk.

Eversource reported that 817 customers were without power with the majority being in New Bedford. Some outages were also reported in Quincy.

Foxboro, Massachusetts Police said that there were customers in the west end of town along Route 140 who were without power. They said that the outage stretched from Dunkin on Main Street into Wrentham National Grid was told.

CBS in Foxboro reported that more outages were expected throughout the day on Sunday because of large amounts of snow and ice on tree limbs and power lines.

Increasing winds could cause exponential increase in power outages during Saturday night and Sunday and possibly causing a significant number of people to be without power as Arctic air settles in.

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings or advisories for part or all of at least 15 states spanning from southeast Missouri to the northern section of Maine.

Up to 10-inches of snow accumulated in some areas of the Midwest.

Bands of snow spread from southern Minnesota to southern Michigan and northern Ohio as well as eastern Oklahoma.

Three to six inches of snow spread across the lower Ohio River Valley. It was expected that by the storm’s end 1-3-inches would be on the ground in southern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky. It is expected that 6 to 10-inches of snow will be on the ground in Chicago and 6-inches in Detroit by the time it ends there. As much as a foot of snow was forecasted for Cleveland.

A substantial amount of sleet and freezing rain fell just north of Interstate 70 in Ohio and Indiana and ice were weighing down power lines northeast of Indianapolis.

States of emergencies were declared in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In addition, more than 2,000 flights were canceled on Sunday and more than 10,500 were delayed across the US, according to FlightAware.com.

More than 27,980 power outages were reported in Connecticut and more than 3,200 were said to have occurred in Ohio, said local utility companies.

Amtrak operated on a modified service in several states on Sunday, but promised that it would be at full operation on Monday. The Capitol Limited from Chicago to Washington and the Lake Shore Limited from Chicago to New York were canceled on Saturday, according to AP News.

Of course, there were a number of accidents due to the storm. For example, slick roads caused a 15-vehicle traffic pileup in Missouri, a plane skidded off the runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Saturday morning, but no injuries were reported.

One thousand six hundred plows were deployed across New York City in preparation for the storm, according to CBS in New York. Salt spreaders were already working the streets in the Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut before the region was struck.

The blast of frigid Artic air in the areas affected by the storm is expected to add to problems. With outages, hundreds of people or more could find themselves without power to keep homes warm during the aftermath of the storm.

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