Two die as winter storm wallops northeastern United States

Updated: 2017-02-10 09:43

(Agencies)

Pedestrians walk up a street on Beacon Hill during white-out conditions in a snow storm in Boston, Massachusetts, US February 9, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

New York received about a foot of snow, while Boston was braced for up to 20 inches.

Many schools systems were closed in the area, and Boston schools would remain closed on Friday, Mayor Marty Walsh said.

Many government offices also were shuttered with Massachusetts and Connecticut ordering non-emergency workers to stay home.

Blizzard warnings were in effect for the New York's eastern Long Island suburbs, southern Connecticut and Rhode Island, as well as the Massachusetts coast.

Temperatures were expected to fall to single-digit Fahrenheit levels overnight in the Boston area.