New York City will have a regular snow day on Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, due to the nor'easter and forecast for towering snowfall totals.

A state of emergency and a travel ban were declared ahead of the powerful nor'easter storm.

A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeast United States from Maryland to Maine on Monday, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.

Across the US, more than 200,000 homes and businesses are without power - while New York City bans non-essential travel.

A massive snowstorm dumped up to 2 feet of snow across parts of New York and New Jersey on Monday. The powerful storm started Sunday afternoon and intensified overnight,

The snowstorm began Sunday, and by the next afternoon it had dumped 19.7 inches of snow in Central Park, according to the National Weather Service. The weather snarled travel plans and derailed the daily routines of commuters and students with closures and cancellations.

It comes as cities and towns across the U.S. east coast brace for a major late-winter storm.

In March 1888, a deadly blizzard clobbered New York City. The snow paralyzed the city—trains stood still for days, telegraph services stopped functioning, and even after the snow stopped, flooding from the melting caused widespread damage.

A blizzard that buried much of the Northeast and New England left a heavy blanket over the region on Tuesday morning. Three feet of snow fell on parts of Rhode Island, where city plows were knocked out of commission for several hours in Providence, while more than 350 vehicles were stranded on icy roads in Massachusetts.