Massachusetts was among the states hit the hardest by power outages, according to USA TODAY's outage tracker.

Cape Cod and the South Shore are still coping with the wrath of the Blizzard of ’26. The tally of power outages has dropped below a quarter-of-a-million customers in the dark, with 216,456, as of 5 p.

As Massachusetts and other parts of New England grapple with the aftermath of an intense snowstorm, VTrans stepped in to help. The agency sent over 30 pieces of equipment and 33 employees to its neighbor to the south Tuesday to aid with snow removal, according to Greg Smith, the agency’s district transportation administrator for the capital region.

A major blizzard is pounding the Northeast with heavy snow, damaging winds, and blizzard conditions on Monday, Feb. 23.

During the Boston Globe’s Rare Disease Summit, Dr. Wendy Chung, a physician-scientist and geneticist who leads the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, said parents could soon see the rollout of GUARDIAN — Genomic Uniform Screening Against Rare Diseases In All Newborns — a research study that uses genomic sequencing to screen newborns for more than 450 genetic conditions not included in standard newborn screening panels.

Some Massachusetts school districts canceled classes for Wednesday as the state continues to dig out from the blizzard that dumped more than 3 feet of snow in some communities.

Fall River city officials are asking the public to be patient with them as the city begins the process of cleaning up 41 inches of snow from the blizzard.

Play-by-play action for the Massachusetts Minutemen vs. Ball State Cardinals NCAAM game from February 24, 2026 on ESPN.