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Photos: Blizzard bears down on Boston

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Updated February 23, 2026

A blizzard dumped snow along the East Coast on Monday as winds whipped causing widespread power outages and dangerous travel conditions. The storm froze travel along the coast from New Jersey to New Hampshire.

In Boston and much of eastern Massachusetts, streets were mostly empty Monday as plows tried to clear paths. Power outages led Gov. Maura Healey to institute a travel ban in the southeastern part of the state while crews work to get back on the grid.

Here are scenes from around the region:

Two men shovel the sidewalk on Winthrop Shore Drive as they get pounded by the high winds and snow of the nor’easter. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A person takes their reluctant dog on an early morning walk despite the wind and snow as the nor'easter hits Cambridge. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Wind and snow create whiteout conditions on Weston Road in Lincoln by Browning Fields in the early morning. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A person walks through Boston during a heavy snow on Monday. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

A Bobcat sweeps snow during the storm Monday on Long Wharf. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

A Massachusetts State Police officer lays down flares to mark a light post straddling two lanes blown down by the winds of the nor’easter on Route 2 in Belmont. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A pedestrian walks through wind and snow blowing along Atlantic Avenue in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

From Long Wharf, Boston lies partially hidden by falling snow, as a nor’easter dumps snow on the city. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

An MBTA bus drives through the snow on Concord Avenue in Cambridge Monday morning. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

A man snowblows in nearly whiteout conditions on Monday in Derry, New Hampshire. (Charles Krupa/AP)

A pedestrian braves the nor’easter in Cambridge. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

A long bicyclist crosses Beacon Street in Brookline on Monday. (Eve Zuckoff/WBUR)

The storm dumps snow and whips wind through Scituate Monday morning. (Patrick Madden/WBUR)

The nor’easter whips snow across Eliot Circle creating whiteout conditions looking down Revere Beach Boulevard. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A person walks down Beacon Street on Monday in Boston. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

A snowplow makes its way along Concord Avenue in Cambridge Monday morning. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Virtually no traffic on Interstate 95 in Waltham during the height of the nor’easter storm in the late morning. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

This article was originally published on February 23, 2026.

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