Coastal New England is in the midst of a winter storm of historic proportions, so residents are warned that over two feet of snow is expected to be dumped in the region, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said on Monday afternoon.

With the massive Nor'easter blowing through with blizzard conditions, snowfall had reached 32.5 inches in Auburn, Massachusetts; 30.5 inches in Thompson, Connecticut; 28.5 inches in Orient, New York; and 20.6 inches in Boston, even as snow continues to fall in these areas, reports ABC.

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Walsh advised Boston residents to stay home. However, by Wednesday, road travel is expected to be possible. States have issued travel bans and mass transit operators have closed their services in the region, except in areas in further south and west spared by the worst of the snow storm.

Also expected to resume by Wednesday are flights at the Logan Airport in Boston, while by Thursday, full schedules are expected to return.

The winter storm warnings are still up from Long Island to Maine and blizzard warnings from Rhode Island to Maine as powerful winds with gusts of 60-75 mph batter the coastline from Long Island, New York to Massachusetts.

In anticipation of the worst weather conditions, state officials shuttered by late Monday mass transit systems from New York City to Boston as well as roads in parts of all of five states, while seven, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, declared states of emergency.

The travel ban stays in Connecticut, but New York City reopened roads and resumed the State Island ferry service by 7:30 a.m. Travel bans in Duchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester and Nassau counties had been lifted by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo warned that while roads are now passable, it is still dangerous since there is still a level of ice under the snow in many areas.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie removed the travel ban in all 21 counties of the state, while Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will lift the ban in Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin on Monday afternoon, but the travel prohibition remains in I-90 even in the western part of the state.

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