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Mike Graham walks on a snow-covered street on Feb. 9 in Marlborough, Mass.(Photo: Bill Sikes, AP)
The third major storm in two weeks blasted a wide swath of beleaguered New England with more than 2 feet of snow Monday, again smashing records and paralyzing travel in hard-hit Boston.
After setting a seven-day snow record last week, Boston had 22 inches of fresh snow, and the storm was forecast to last into Tuesday in some areas. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency, clearing the way for him to request snow-removal help from neighboring states.
"It's otherworldly," said Shmuel Bollen, 50, of Natick. "Shoveling the driveway becomes like painting a bridge. As soon as you get to the end, you have to go back and start again."
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority suspended subway, trolley and commuter rail service at 7 p.m. and said they would remain closed Tuesday while crews check and repair snow-damaged equipment. Nearly 50 commuters were evacuated from a disabled Red Line train in Quincy after being stranded for more than two hours.
More than two feet of snow was recorded in Quincy, Cohasset and Weymouth, Mass., the National Weather Service reported.
Monday's snow depth in Boston was 37 inches, which was the city's largest depth ever recorded since weather records began.
The National Weather Service's Boston office said on Twitter that the city has received 76.5 inches of snow so far this winter. But nearby Providence, R.I., got just 4.2 inches of snow from this storm, the weather service reported.
Boston set a record for the most snow recorded in a 30-day period, with 71.8 inches, breaking the record of 58.8 inches set in February 1978.
Bangor, Maine, tied its own 30-day snowfall record with 53 inches, which hasn't been seen in such a short period since 1969, the National Weather Service said.
Weather service meteorologist David Manning said the storm was hitting hardest in Massachusetts, southern Vermont and southern New Hampshire. But once again, eastern Massachusetts was bearing the brunt of the storm.
"In eastern Massachusetts, we are certainly looking for 18 to 24 inches before it's all over," Manning told USA TODAY. "It's adding insult to injury given what the region has seen this winter."
Boston was blasted with 16 inches of snow Feb. 2, less than a week after 2 feet of snow paralyzed the city. With a total of 40.5 inches in a week, the city broke its all-time seven-day snowfall record.
It has snowed in Boston on 13 of the last 17 days, the weather service said.
More than 2,000 commercial flights were canceled Monday, most of them scheduled into or out of Boston and New York City airports, according to FlightAware.com.
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Boston's transit system, the nation's oldest, has been particularly hard hit this winter. The buildup of snow and ice on trolley tracks combined with aging equipment has stalled trains, delaying and angering commuters. (Feb. 9) AP
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