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A third major winter storm in less than two weeks has inflicted fresh snow – and misery – across parts of the north-eastern United States. US EastSome areas of Massachusetts had about a foot (30cm) of snow before dawn yesterday.

The third major winter storm in less than two weeks inflicted fresh snow across New England and portions of New York state

The third major winter storm in less than two weeks inflicted fresh snow across New England and portions of New York state Image by (AP Photo/Observer-Dispatch, Mark DiOrio)

A number of areas including New York, Boston, Hartford, Connecticut, Providence and Rhode Island were also hit by the snowstorm

Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker called the situation from the stream of storms “pretty much unprecedented” and he ordered non-emergency state employees to stay at home.

Jake Cote, a U.S. Postal Service carrier, makes his way up a hill, in Utica, N.Y.

Jake Cote, a U.S. Postal Service carrier, makes his way up a hill, in Utica, New York. Image by (AP Photo/Observer-Dispatch, Mark DiOrio)

Boston’s Logan International Airport was allowing only a limited amount of flights to arrive and depart on Monday so travellers were urged to check with their airlines.

Massachusetts emergency management officials said that snow-laden roofs collapsed in three cities. No injuries were reported.

Icicles hang from a home, , in Utica, New York

Icicles hang from a home  in Utica, New York. Image by (AP Photo/Observer-Dispatch, Mark DiOrio)

 

New York’s LaGuardia Airport had  575 cancellations, accounting for nearly 50% of its sheduled flights for the day.

Newark Liberty and JFK  respectively disclosed 295 and 242 flight cancellations while Boston’s Logan had over  500 cancellations.

WBZ-TV reported that the set of The Finest Hours – a Disney film about a coast guard rescue of crewmen aboard an oil tanker wrecked off Cape Cod during a 1952 blizzard – suffered a partial collapse at an old shipyard in the city of Quincy.

The movie, starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck, is scheduled to open next year.

The Amtrak railway cancelled portions of its passenger train service in upstate New York because of the storm.

Government officials yesterday announced that schools and municipal offices in many communities would be closed and that parking bans would be in effect. As accidents began to accumulate, drivers were warned to stay off the slick roads.

(Press Association)