Snow In Northeast: Second Snowstorm Hits The Region Within One Week, Causing Canceled Schools, Travel Delays

Not even one week after Northeasterners opened their door to a small wall of snow — nearly two feet in some areas — the region was once again seeing another heavy blanket of snow. The new round of snowfall, which began Sunday and was expected to continue through Monday, could mean another two feet of snow from upstate New York to Maine.

"It is a dangerous storm because of high winds, low visibility and heavy snow," Lenore Correia, a weather service meteorologist in Taunton, Massachusetts, told the Associated Press. "It's a big snowstorm, but nothing we haven't seen before either."

The area around Portland, Maine, could receive the largest accumulation of snow, reaching 16 to 24 inches. Less snow was expected further south, but that didn't mean the rest of the Northeast will have a reprieve to the winter storm conditions. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, could receive a foot to 18 inches; the Boston area, six to 10 inches; and Hartford 4 to 8 inches.

Travel plans around the Northeast were interrupted Sunday, with more than 1,300 flights canceled and more than 6,000 flights delayed. Before 9 a.m. on the east coast Monday morning, more than 1,000 flights had already been canceled and more than 3,000 were delayed, according to FlightAware.com.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker encouraged residents to use public transportation rather than risk driving to work in unsafe weather conditions.

"We are implementing an 11 a.m. delayed start time for all non-emergency state executive branch employees to allow crews additional time to treat and clear roadways for tomorrow's commute as this winter storm continues," Baker said Sunday night.

Many schools in the region had either delayed starts or were closed for the day. In Boston, children woke up to school cancellations Monday, the third executive day public schools were closed in the city because of bad weather.