New England digs out from latest storm; snow in Mid-Atlantic

BOSTON (AP) — A wind-driven winter storm that brought blizzard conditions to Cape Cod fell short of forecast snowfall totals and spared the Northeast the widespread power outages that had been predicted.

Snowflakes were still flying today as New England residents continue mopping up from Monday's storm, although little additional accumulation was expected.

Forecasters had predicted that some areas of New England could get up to 18 inches of snow. But by this morning, the hardest-hit areas were Falmouth, Mass., with 11 inches of snow while nearby Yarmouth got 10 inches. Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard fell just short of 10 inches. Boston got 6.4 inches.

In Rhode Island, Coventry and Scituate both got 8.5 inches, while Pomfret, Conn., had 8.2 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

A day after a charter bus crash that injured three dozen during the snowstorm on Interstate 95 in Connecticut, seven people remained in critical condition; a total of 11 are hospitalized.

New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania got much less snow than was originally forecast, but some accumulation was predicted as the storm was expected to last into Wednesday.