A powerful and unusual winter storm is hitting the northeastern United States, putting 59 million people under weather alerts.Considering this, several states including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware,

Over 40 million people remained under a blizzard warning on Monday morning, after the storm dumped more than a foot of snow in some places and strangled transit in major metropolitan areas.

Millions under blizzard warning as deadly storm buries communities beneath two feet of snow, bringing transport in New York City and other major metropolitan centres to standstill.