A travel ban for New York was lifted for city roads, but public transportation around the Northeast remained mostly suspended.
Multiple closures, including mass-transit shutdowns, have been declared in states affected by the blizzard.
Photos of the first Northeast blizzard of 2015.
The U.S. has seen a rising number of $1 billion storms as more people move to the coast and the climate changes.
As much as 3 feet of snow was estimated to fall in New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York.
Harvard and MIT also canceled classes ahead of the snowstorm, which put Boston under a blizzard warning from 7 p.m. Monday to 1 a.m. Wednesday.
States of emergency were issued for New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
The blizzard warning covered a 250-mile stretch from New Jersey to Maine and could affect more than 29 million people.
Experience the blizzard without leaving home.
Tips on how to prepare for a blizzard. This week's predicted storm could be "potentially historic."
The Northeast could face a crippling blizzard, thanks to winter snowstorm Juno.
Global warming is a key factor in this week's "Arctic blast" cold snap that has chilled the entire U.S. and dropped feet of snow on upstate New York.
Freezing temperatures swept North America Tuesday, driving temperatures to 32 degrees or lower in all 50 states.
The attack, which occurred just hours after launch, may have originated in China.
More than 25,000 Blizzard fans turned up for BlizzCon in Anaheim this past weekend.
Actress Shailene Woodley is rumored to be dating a Hawaiian musician named Nahko Bear.
New York City and the Northeast are forecast to see no snow on Halloween night, despite a number of forecasts this week.
Dozens still missing on the snow-covered Himalayan slopes.
Over 500 people have been rescued from a route popular with foreign tourists that circles Annapurna, the world's tenth-tallest peak.
Hikers who were caught in unseasonably bad weather found themselves unprepared to survive the harsh conditions, according to reports.
Unseasonably bad weather resulting from a recent cyclone caused avalanches and a blizzard in a region popular with tourists.
Local police officials said that 152 foreign tourists in Mustang district in the Dhawalagiri zone of northern Nepal could not be contacted.