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Gallery: More photos from Northeast blizzard

A golden retriever romps in the snow Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Danbury, Conn. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Michael Duffy) MANDATORY CREDIT

February 09, 2013 @ 07:34 PM

About 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity in the Northeast Saturday, and many roads across the New York-to-Boston corridor of 25 million people were impassable after a massive blizzard on Friday.

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A golden retriever romps in the snow Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Danbury, Conn. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Michael Duffy) MANDATORY CREDIT

A sign with icicles hanging from it indicates "don't walk" after a winter storm in East Windsor, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Michael Macmaster gets ready to dig his car out after an overnight snowstorm, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Concord, N.H. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast on Saturday, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Snow-covered cars sit in a parking lot adjacent to where firefighters battle a 4-alarm fire in a 3-story apartment building in Wilmington, Mass., Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A major winter storm is well under way in the U.S. Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow expected for a Boston-anchored region that has seen mostly bare ground this winter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

A couple walks down the illuminated, snow-covered Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Friday and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as a blizzard that could bring nearly 3 feet of snow to the region began to intensify. As the storm gains strength, it will bring "extremely dangerous conditions" with bands of snow dropping up to 2 to 3 inches per hour at the height of the blizzard, Patrick said. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A dog pulls a snowboarder through the Boston Common in Boston, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Friday and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as a blizzard that could bring nearly 3 feet of snow to the region began to intensify. As the storm gains strength, it will bring "extremely dangerous conditions" with bands of snow dropping up to 2 to 3 inches per hour at the height of the blizzard, Patrick said. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A guest at the Seaport Hotel crosses the street against the wind and snow Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Boston. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Nurses walk to work before dawn outside Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A woman grabs her hood as she passes a snow-covered parking meter in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A plow operator passes cars packed in by drifting snow early Saturday morning Feb. 9, 2013, after heavy snow and winds overnight in Hadley, Mass. (AP Photo/Springfield Republican, Michael Beswick)

A man works to clear a sidewalk early Saturday morning Feb. 9, 2013, after heavy snow and winds overnight in Amherst, Mass. (AP Photo/Springfield Republican, Michael Beswick)

A woman works to clear snow from her car after a snowstorm , Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Concord, N.H. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast on Saturday, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

A man walks past snow covered cars in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A woman checks her mobile phone outside Lincoln Center, home of New York's Fashion Week shows, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. In New York City, the snow total in Central Park was 8.1 inches by 3 a.m. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hank Luth brushes snow piled high on his car parked in his driveway on Terry Ct. after a snow storm on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Glen Head, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

George Ransom pushes a snow-thrower through waist-high snow in front of St. Patrick's School in Norwich, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A howling storm across the Northeast left much of the New York-to-Boston corridor covered with more than three feet of snow. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A howling storm across the Northeast left much of the New York-to-Boston corridor covered with more than three feet of snow. (AP Photo/The Day, Sean D. Elliot) MANDATORY CREDIT: THE DAY/SEAN D. ELLIOT

Fresh snow blankets New York City's Central Park, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, after two storms combined the night before, leaving 11.4 inches in the park and 12.1 at LaGuardia Airport. New York City was spared the brunt of the storm while parts of Long Island saw snow in excess of two feet. (AP Photo/Verena Dobnik)

Sam Schepise braves the wind and cold to photograph the sunrise Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, near Newtown, Pa. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast on Saturday, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. Airlines scratched more than 5,300 flights through Saturday, and New York City's three major airports and Boston's Logan Airport closed. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Cars sit buried by snowdrifts in a parking lot in Southington, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, after a heavy snowfall and high winds from a storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow on New England. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

John Silver shovels between buried cars in front of his home on Third street in South Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Brendan and Lisa Koeniger of Boston, cross country ski through the Seaport area of Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

A shirtless jogger runs through New York's Central Park Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. In New York City, the snow total in Central Park was 11.4 inches by 8 a.m. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

People track through the fresh snow that blankets New York City's Central Park, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, after two storms combined the night before, leaving 11.4 inches in the park and 12.1 at LaGuardia Airport. New York City was spared the brunt of the storm while parts of Long Island saw snow in excess of two feet. (AP Photo/Verena Dobnik)

A woman shovels out a car on Third street in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

A woman uses a pale to clear snow from her car after an overnight snowstorm, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Concord, N.H. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast on Saturday, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

John Silver shovels between buried cars in front of his home on Third street in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast on Saturday, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Nicole Lacoursi�re of North Andover, Mass. makes a snow angel Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in some 24 inches of snow which fell in her yard. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

A man shovels the front of his home on Third street in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Saturday Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast on Saturday, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Junior firefighter Adam Krach, left, and firefighter Steve Ellis of the Warehouse Point Fire Department dig snow from a hydrant outside their station in East Windsor, Conn. on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Brian Rosler uses his snowblower to help a neighbor dig out of the snow Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Danbury, Conn. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Michael Duffy) MANDATORY CREDIT

A lone pedestrian with a snow shovel walks along Mill Plain Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Danbury, Conn. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Michael Duffy) MANDATORY CREDIT

Frank and Mary Oleksvik dig out of the snow Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Danbury, Conn. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Michael Duffy) MANDATORY CREDIT

A man starts to dig out his driveway, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Easthampton, Mass. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/The Republican, John Suchocki)

Aaron Powell digs out his car as Brenda Thomas, back, clears her walk along McKinley Avenue, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, after a snow storm in Norwich, Conn. (AP Photo/The Day, Sean D. Elliot)

Hatim Stokes 13, front, his cousins Ileshah Harris and Ishaq Harris, shovel the sidewalk at their grandparents home on Dartmouth Street, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Springfield, Mass. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/The Republican, Mark M. Murray)

Debris is piled up in a house which was hit by a wave and flooded in Salisbury, Mass. on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Frank Perry shovels snow from his front porch as the weight of the snow causes the bushes to sag, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Providence, R.I. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

A worker clears as he passes a snow-covered donkey statue outside Old City Hall in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Victoria Savage tries to get her Boston Terrier named Moe to walk during an outing in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Snow covers the parking lot at the Visitor Center at UMass in Amherst, Mass on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/The Republican, Michael Beswick)

David Spon uses his iPad to take photos on Bank Street in New London, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A howling storm across the Northeast left much of the New York-to-Boston corridor covered with more than three feet of snow. (AP Photo/The Day, Dana Jensen)

Snow covers the area around Parade and Bank Street in New London, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A howling storm across the Northeast left much of the New York-to-Boston corridor covered with more than three feet of snow. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A howling storm across the Northeast left much of the New York-to-Boston corridor covered with more than three feet of snow. (AP Photo/The Day, Dana Jensen)

A man walks his dog down Nautilus Drive in New London, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A howling storm across the Northeast left much of the New York-to-Boston corridor covered with more than three feet of snow. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A howling storm across the Northeast left much of the New York-to-Boston corridor covered with more than three feet of snow. (AP Photo/The Day, Tim Cook) MANDATORY CREDIT: DANA JENSEN, THE DAY

Theresa Cormier takes photos along Williams Street as residents dig out from blizzard snowfall, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, after a snow storm in Norwich, Conn. (AP Photo/The Day, Sean D. Elliot)

Louie Rodriguez of the New Bedford Forestry Department cuts a fallen tree at the intersection of Rotch St. and Maple St. in New Bedford, Mass., on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, after heavy snow and winds from a storm. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/Standard Times, Peter Pereira)

Steve Hull digs out his car after it was covered by drifting snow in Portland, Maine on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

A pedestrian crosses a deserted street in North Andover, Mass. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 after a snowstorm came through dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

A snow plow clears the plaza of Lincoln Center, home of New York's Fashion Week shows, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. In New York City, the snow total in Central Park was 8.1 inches by 3 a.m. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)