BOSTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A snowstorm that blanketed parts of the Midwestern United States barreled into New England on Sunday, bringing snow, freezing rain and high winds that grounded flights and made driving treacherous.
Roads were slick with snow and ice, and local airports reported hundreds of flights canceled across New England.
Upstate New York received as much as a foot (30 cm) of snow, while the storm spared New York City, leaving only a coating of icy slush. Thousands of people were without power in New Jersey, Long Island and parts of Connecticut.
In New England, about 8 inches (20 cm) of snow fell around Boston, though the precipitation changed to rain across coastal areas by afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
It dropped more than 10 inches (25 cm) across parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Forecasters said high winds would continue through the evening and parts of northern New England could receive as much as 14 inches of snow. They warned that with sub-freezing temperatures expected overnight, much of the rain that fell on the region late in the day would turn to ice.
The wintry blast came a week after a Midwest ice storm was blamed for 13 deaths and cut power to hundreds of thousands.
