The northeastern United States prepared for the second major snowstorm in a week on Monday, after a huge winter weather system dropped more than 30 centimeters of snow in the Chicago area, closing schools from the central part of the country to the northeast. Chicago public schools, along with districts in Detroit, Boston, and Providence, canceled classes Monday as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued storm warnings from western Iowa to Maine. The new storm followed a blizzard last week that crippled parts of the east coast, especially Massachusetts and Rhode Island, where up to 90 centimeters of snow accumulated. New York City had prepared for a major storm but received relatively little snowfall. For the current weather system, forecasts ranged from about 7.5 to 15 centimeters in New York City, where light snow began falling Sunday evening, to more than 30 centimeters in Lowell, Massachusetts, north of Boston, an area that received 75 centimeters of snow less than a week ago. About 30 centimeters was expected in Boston, which was buried under a similar amount last Tuesday. Significant snow accumulations from northeastern New York state to Maine were expected to be exacerbated by winds of up to 65 kilometers per hour, the NWS said.
