Thousands of flights were canceled Monday as millions of Americans in the Northeast braced for a winter storm that weather services had warned could be one of the biggest blizzards in history. But overnight, the storm blew further east than expected, dumping mere inches and not the feet that was predicted in New York City, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. Officials in states along the East Coast had urged residents to stay home as they prepared for the blast, which was expected to dump up to 3 feet of snow in some areas. Send The Daily Beast your best snow photos to sendphotos@thedailybeast.com.
At left, Pedestrians make their way through snow in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. More than 35 million people along the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential of 1 to 3 feet of snow that could paralyze the Northeast for days.
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Water floods a street on the coast in Scituate, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.
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A view from 42nd Street in New York City, January 27, 2014.
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An airport worker de-ices an airplane at LaGuardia Airport New York January 26, 2015. As a powerful blizzard bears down on the northeastern United States, airlines, commuter rail, bus lines and subways have responded with travel delays and cancellations.
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A woman stands in falling snow in front of an electronic sign displaying the weather forecast in Times Square in New York, January 26, 2015.
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A child plays in Central Park as it snows in the Manhattan borough of New York January 26, 2015.
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A woman cross country skis on snow covered roads during a blizzard in Boston, Massachusetts January 27, 2015.
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People walk down a New York City street January 26, 2014.
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Heavy surf pounds the shoreline where a boardwalk once stood before it was damaged by Hurricane Sandy, on January 26.
People walk down a New York City street during the blizzard on January 26.
The last of the shovels are seen at Woodside ACE Hardware on January 26 as preparations began for the upcoming blizzard expected to hit Massachusetts beginning Monday night and going into Wednesday. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency and issued a ban, effective at midnight, on non-essential motor vehicle travel. Blizzard warnings were in effect for the coastal areas from New Jersey to Maine.
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A man clears a sidewalk in heavy snow on January 26.
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The city is shrouded in a light snow on January 26.
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