Postpublished at 19:51 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015
Thank you for joining us in our live page coverage of the US blizzard. As snow continues to fall in New England, follow our continuing coverage on bbc.com/news and at @BBCNewsUS.
Summary
A blizzard has hit the US north-east overnight, bringing wind gusts as high as 75mph (121km/h) and heavy snow
Travel bans in New York City and New Jersey have been lifted after snowfall not as high as predicted
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city "dodged a bullet" but a shutdown was in city's interests
Snow is expected to continue to fall north of New York City and into Canada for most of the day
Initial snow totals show the storm hit heavily overnight in Long Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts
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Doggie delightpublished at 19:49 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015
A final canine-related blizzard update - a video of a flappy-eared dog, external from a local broadcaster in Boston, struggling to jump through mounds of snow.
Image source, Other"I'd say there's about 1 & 1/2 dogs worth of snow in West Concord," James Smith tells WHDH, external. Whether he'd seen the BBC dog depth calculator or not, we don't know.
Flights backlogpublished at 19:37 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015
Flights may have started again at some airports but look at at this backlog...
5,111 cancellations Tuesday (after 3,265 Monday)
Another 589 cancellations Wednesday
At Boston Logan International, there were 681 Tuesday
More on flightaware.com, external
Power outagespublished at 19:24 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015
No sense of anything being over-hyped in Massachusetts, however. The island of Nantucket is without power and the coastal town of Scituate is flooded.
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has also found himself facing questions about the travel ban.
But he defended the most as "absolutely the right decision to make" in light of the dire forecast.
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Earth Cam has made a snowy Statue of Liberty time-lapse of last night's storm.
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Aircraft writer Jason Rabinowitz tweets, external "The award for 1st flight out of the NYC area after #blizzardof2015 goes to.... @FedEx!"
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Portland Press Herald writer Gillian Graham tweets, external: "A man clears snow from a driveway in Buxton, but roads are still untouched by plows."
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A Facebook post, external from Maine appears to show major flooding in the coastal towns of Marshfield and Brant Rock
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Twitter user @bxiie tweets, external: "Dude, where's my car? Framingham, Mass"
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Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is lifting the statewide travel ban at 2pm local time (19:00 GMT). It's been in place since 9pm (02:00 GMT) last night. It was lifted in two counties earlier on Tuesday.
Broken snowploughspublished at 18:34 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015
Froma Harrop
Providence, Rhode IslandEvery now and then, the wind bangs on the windows to keep us from getting used to it. Worcester, Massachusetts, just north of Providence, is apparently the absolute bulls-eye. By 9am it had 25 inches with no let-up. The weather people are predicting three feet. Trucks there are reportedly returning to the municipal garages with broken ploughs.
Read Froma's full account from the eye of the storm.
Snow updatepublished at 18:29 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015
The National Weather Service now says Framingham, Massachusetts has received 30 inches of snow. Blizzard warnings are still in effect in parts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.
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A wider view of the clouds bringing snow to the north-east.
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Franz Strasser
BBC NewsCan you still see your dog? All but the tallest of pooches would be under the snow in Boston by now.
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The BBC's Paul Blake has just been to a press conference by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who says a lot of snow is still falling in the east and snowdrifts are as high as as 4-6ft. He partially lifted the travel ban for four counties but it's still in effect in other parts of the state.
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Families also played in much deeper snow in Boston's Copley Square.
Image source, Getty ImagesSnow playpublished at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015
Martha Kearney
Presenter, BBC's WATO, New York
78mph windspublished at 17:57 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015
Very blowy in Massachusetts. The National Weather Service said a 78mph (126kmh) wind was recorded on Nantucket, and a 72mph one on Martha's Vineyard.
"It felt like sand hitting you in the face,'' Bob Paglia told Associated Press after walking his dog in Whitman, about 20 miles south of Boston.
Under 25ins of snowpublished at 17:37 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015
While the New York mayor is on the defensive about the storm, it's a different story for Mayor Joseph Petty of Worcester, Massachusetts. He's been telling CNN that his city is under 25 inches of snow and the clean-up operation is flat-out today and will continue into Wednesday.