Thousands in the Northeast remained without power amid freezing temperatures Tuesday morning as people from that region and the mid-Atlantic dug out from extreme snowfall – including more than 2 feet in several states – from the previous two days and faced continuing travel disruptions including hundreds of canceled flights.

A departing bomb cyclone lashed the Northeast coast with hurricane-force wind gusts, set all-time snowfall records and is already being dubbed "The Blizzard of 2026" as it becomes the benchmark for

What is a blizzard, and did NYC get a bomb cyclone, blizzard? NOAA's NWS and AccuWeather forecasters give the latest updates.

A major snow storm hitting the northeast U.S. has been captured in satellite imagery.

Bomb cyclones can happen in any season, but mainly occur during fall and winter.

Wind gusts over 50 mph have been observed over more than 700 miles from Virginia Beach to Coastal Maine so far this morning. Some hurricane-force wind gusts, exceeding 74 mph, have been observed at several spots in eastern Long Island and coastal New England.

Blizzard conditions can reduce visibility to less than 0.25 mile, which makes travel especially hazardous. New York City has put a travel ban on its roads starting at 9 p.m. on Sunday night. The winds and heavy, wet snow with this storm could also cause power outages by weighing down power lines and tree branches.

The normally busy streets of New York City are practically empty as a bomb cyclone brings over 15 inches of snow to parts of the city, the most since 2021.

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