<p>A "record-breaking" winter-storm battered northeast US and Canada, killing at least 10 people, burying some areas in nearly three feet of snow and leaving upto 7 lakh homes without heat and electricity.<br /><br />The gigantic midwinter storm buried the Northeast in snow, leaving behind a debilitated and disoriented region digging through plump white drifts and reeling from gale-force winds, the New York Times reported.<br /><br />The blizzard set record snowfall in Portland, Maine, with nearly 32 inches, while parts of Connecticut got more than three feet of snow, bringing everything to a standstill.<br />The mammoth storm left roads clogged, airports shut, snapping of power lines and forcing more than half-a-million customers without power, including 400,000 in Massachusetts, 186,000 in Rhode Island, and about 39,000 in Connecticut.<br /><br />"This has been a record-breaking storm," Connecticut Governor Dannel P Malloy was quoted as saying by local media.<br /><br />The cleanup "will go on for a number of days; this will not all be done today," Malloy said, adding that heating centers were being set up in areas without power.</p>.<p><br />Yesterday, as many as 2,200 flights were cancelled, taking the number of such cancellation to about 5,800 for over past two days, according to FlightAware. More cancellations are expected for today.<br /><br />Boston's Logan International Airport and Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, remained shut down.<br /><br />The snow-storm contributed in Seven deaths in US alone. One of the victims was an 11-year-old Boston boy who died from carbon monoxide poisoning, as he was helping his father shovel snow and took a break to warm up in a car.<br /><br />Authorities warned residents to make sure home-heating vents were cleared of snow, saying a number of people had been taken to the hospital for carbon-monoxide inhalation.<br /><br />Several rescued motorists in Connecticut were treated for hypothermia, state officials said. </p>
<p>A "record-breaking" winter-storm battered northeast US and Canada, killing at least 10 people, burying some areas in nearly three feet of snow and leaving upto 7 lakh homes without heat and electricity.<br /><br />The gigantic midwinter storm buried the Northeast in snow, leaving behind a debilitated and disoriented region digging through plump white drifts and reeling from gale-force winds, the New York Times reported.<br /><br />The blizzard set record snowfall in Portland, Maine, with nearly 32 inches, while parts of Connecticut got more than three feet of snow, bringing everything to a standstill.<br />The mammoth storm left roads clogged, airports shut, snapping of power lines and forcing more than half-a-million customers without power, including 400,000 in Massachusetts, 186,000 in Rhode Island, and about 39,000 in Connecticut.<br /><br />"This has been a record-breaking storm," Connecticut Governor Dannel P Malloy was quoted as saying by local media.<br /><br />The cleanup "will go on for a number of days; this will not all be done today," Malloy said, adding that heating centers were being set up in areas without power.</p>.<p><br />Yesterday, as many as 2,200 flights were cancelled, taking the number of such cancellation to about 5,800 for over past two days, according to FlightAware. More cancellations are expected for today.<br /><br />Boston's Logan International Airport and Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, remained shut down.<br /><br />The snow-storm contributed in Seven deaths in US alone. One of the victims was an 11-year-old Boston boy who died from carbon monoxide poisoning, as he was helping his father shovel snow and took a break to warm up in a car.<br /><br />Authorities warned residents to make sure home-heating vents were cleared of snow, saying a number of people had been taken to the hospital for carbon-monoxide inhalation.<br /><br />Several rescued motorists in Connecticut were treated for hypothermia, state officials said. </p>