‘Wicked storm’ drops 2 feet of snow on New England

Michael Trotta digs out his driveway under the supervision of a snowman built by his wife and children on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Glen Head, New York. Michael Trotta digs out his driveway under the supervision of a snowman built by his wife and children on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Glen Head, New York.

By Associated Press January 28, 2015 5 min read

BOSTON — Its winds howling at more than 70 mph, the Blizzard of 2015 slammed Boston and surrounding parts of New England on Tuesday with none of the mercy it unexpectedly showed New York City, piling up more than 2 feet of snow.

The storm punched out a 40-to-50-foot section of a seawall in Marshfield, Massachusetts, badly damaging a vacant home. In Newport, Rhode Island, it toppled a 110-foot replica of a Revolutionary War sailing vessel in dry dock, breaking its mast and puncturing its hull.

The blizzard’s force and relentlessness stunned even winter-hardened New Englanders.

“It’s a wicked storm,” Jeff Russell said as he fought a mounting snowdrift threatening to cover a window at his home in Scarborough, Maine.

The snow in New England began Monday evening and continued most of Tuesday. A blizzard warning for Boston ended Tuesday evening as the snow tapered off, but one remained in effect for the south coast, Cape Cod and nearby islands.