Cleanup efforts are underway after a massive blizzard dumped feet of snow on Rhode Island and Massachusetts, but some communities are struggling to clear the roads as smaller plow and utility trucks

Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport recorded 37.9 inches of snow between Sunday, Feb. 22, and Monday, Feb. 23, surpassing the previous record set during the Blizzard of '78, which was 28.6 inches. Providence's 35.5 inches on Monday alone also broke the snowfall record for the date of Feb. 23, which was 3.8 inches in 1967, NWS said.

Salve Regina University football player Joseph Boutros died of carbon monoxide poisoning after charging his phone in a car during the blizzard.

A powerful blizzard brought heavy snow to Rhode Island on February 23, 2026, with National Weather Service reports showing 20-inch-plus totals in parts of Southern New England, and it cut power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses as visibility dropped in the storm’s heaviest bands.

While the Blizzard of '78 is the most talked about, it's not the most recent blizzard in Rhode Island. Here's when the last one was, what the term means.

Numerous public and private schools are closed throughout Rhode Island for Tuesday, Feb. 23 as the state begins a multi-day effort to return to normal after a snowstorm that smashed single-storm snowfall records set by the Blizzard of '78. Here's what to know today: No matter how you look at it, Rhode Island got walloped in the blizzard.

Gov. Dan McKee declared a state of emergency ahead of a blizzard expected to bring 18-24 inches of snow, 60 mph winds and likely power outages.

During a blizzard, doctors at Women & Infants Hospital found creative ways to get to work to deliver babies, including skiing and hiking.

When a blizzard buried neighborhoods across Rhode Island, first responders in Coventry had to think outside the box to reach an elderly man.