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- A blizzard has hit the US north-east overnight, bringing wind gusts as high as 75mph (121km/h) and heavy snow
- Travel bans in New York City and New Jersey have been lifted after snowfall not as high as predicted
- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city "dodged a bullet" but a shutdown was in city's interests
- Snow is expected to continue to fall north of New York City and into Canada for most of the day
- Initial snow totals show the storm hit heavily overnight in Long Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts
A final canine-related blizzard update - avideo of a flappy-eared dog from a local broadcaster in Boston, struggling to jump through mounds of snow.
"I'd say there's about 1 & 1/2 dogs worth of snow in West Concord," James Smithtells WHDH. Whether he'd seen the BBC dog depth calculator or not, we don't know.
Flights may have started again at some airports but look at at this backlog...
5,111 cancellations Tuesday (after 3,265 Monday)
Another 589 cancellations Wednesday
At Boston Logan International, there were 681 Tuesday
No sense of anything being over-hyped in Massachusetts, however. The island of Nantucket is without power and the coastal town of Scituate is flooded.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has also found himself facing questions about the travel ban.
But he defended the most as "absolutely the right decision to make" in light of the dire forecast.
Earth Cam has made aof last night's storm.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is lifting the statewide travel ban at 2pm local time (19:00 GMT). It's been in place since 9pm (02:00 GMT) last night. It was lifted in two counties earlier on Tuesday.
Providence, Rhode Island
Every now and then, the wind bangs on the windows to keep us from getting used to it. Worcester, Massachusetts, just north of Providence, is apparently the absolute bulls-eye. By 9am it had 25 inches with no let-up. The weather people are predicting three feet. Trucks there are reportedly returning to the municipal garages with broken ploughs.
Read Froma'sfull account from the eye of the storm.
The National Weather Service now says Framingham, Massachusetts has received 30 inches of snow. Blizzard warnings are still in effect in parts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.
A wider view of the clouds bringing snow to the north-east.
Can you still see your dog? All but the tallest of pooches would be under the snow in Boston by now.
The BBC's Paul Blake has just been to a press conference by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who says a lot of snow is still falling in the east and snowdrifts are as high as as 4-6ft. He partially lifted the travel ban for four counties but it's still in effect in other parts of the state.
Families also played in much deeper snow in Boston's Copley Square.
Presenter, BBC's WATO, New York
Very blowy in Massachusetts. The National Weather Service said a 78mph (126kmh) wind was recorded on Nantucket, and a 72mph one on Martha's Vineyard.
"It felt like sand hitting you in the face,'' Bob Paglia told Associated Press after walking his dog in Whitman, about 20 miles south of Boston.
While the New York mayor is on the defensive about the storm, it's a different story for Mayor Joseph Petty of Worcester, Massachusetts. He's been telling CNN that his city is under 25 inches of snow and the clean-up operation is flat-out today and will continue into Wednesday.
BBC News, New York
Stuart Ferguson emails: "These are the New Jersey Shore conditions. I took the picture out of my front door window. It's still coming down here and the winds are up."
Presenter, BBC's WATO, New York
I cancelled plans for going out for the evening and watched TV, alternating between the News of Doom, Twitter with the hashtags #Snowmageddon and #Snowapocalypse, with a showing of Irma LaDouce for light relief.
From my window high up, I could see the streets gradually clearing of traffic. Around 10pm my mobile phone starting making a very loud siren style noise and I got an emergency message saying that the roads and subway would be closed and no one should go outdoors from 11pm.
After a restless night, I woke early with a sense of trepidation. But pulling the curtains, it was clear that the blizzard hadn't reached Manhattan. There had been some snow but according to one local doorman no more than normal for a New York winter.
I decided to venture outside to see the city as never before and at 6am, the streets were practically deserted. The city that never sleeps certainly seemed pretty dozy. The only vehicles about were police cars and snow ploughs. It was still freezing, though, so I headed back indoors for a cup of tea and the TV news where politicians were being grilled about their decisions to close the streets and public transport.
My job is to make decisions and I will always err on the side of caution, he said. "For me it was a no-brainer."
"The bottom line is: We got lucky," Mr de Blasio said.
The mayor said his son Dante's attempts to lobby for school to be closed tomorrow did not work. New York schools will reopen on Wednesday.
Mr de Blasio is still speaking. He has cautioned New Yorkers who live further east in the city to be more cautious.
From our colleagues at PRI's the World: Seen from the newsroom windows - a snowmobile towing a snowboarder
Colder temperatures would slow some of the work, the New York City mayor said.
The clean-up is going well but it will take the rest of the day and part of Wednesday too, he said.
"There's no question how serious it was and how serious it was predicted to be," he said.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is giving a press conference now.
Cleyton Tierney emails: "Having arrived yesterday in Boston, I woke to this scene outside the hotel I'm staying at. It's eerie, beautiful and extremely cold."
Providence, Rhode Island
Thousands of Rhode Islanders are without electricity. (My neighbourhood has been spared so far.) Things are tougher on the coasts. The island of Nantucket is entirely without electricity.
Nobody's out on my street but a man with shovel clearing a path to a doctor's door. He gives up, and half an hour later, frankly, you can't tell he'd been there. I step out my front door into a knee-high drift.
Snow continues to pile up - with totals of 20 inches in Baltic, Connecticut, 26 inches in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and 22 inches in Windham, New Hampshire, as of 10:00 local (15:00 GMT) A blizzard warning is still in effect for most of coastal New England.
Just to recap where we are, the morning after a huge snowstorm strikes the US north-east...
While people in New York City and Philadelphia are saying city officials over-reacted by shutting down travel, snow and high winds have paralysed parts of Long Island, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine.