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East Coast Digs Out After Nor'easter Drops 30 Inches Of Snow

Boston tied its all-time record for snow in one day, as the Eastern Seaboard was blasted by record amounts of snow and extreme winds.

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A couple walks through the snow on Boston Common on Saturday in Boston.
A couple walks through the snow on Boston Common on Saturday in Boston. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

MASSACHUSETTS — Nearly 100,000 people were left without power in Massachusetts after a powerful nor'easter dropped as much as 30 inches of snow on the East Coast over the weekend.

According to an Associated Press report, winds gusted as high as 83 mph on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Boston tied its record for the highest single-day snowfall on Saturday, with 23.6 inches, the National Weather Service said.

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Southwest of Boston, the town of Sharon, Massachusetts, had received more than 30 inches of snow by Saturday night, while Islip, New York, and Warren, Rhode Island, both saw more than 24 inches, the AP reported.

Here are images of people digging out from one of the most powerful winter storms to date.

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Bill McKelvey of Scituate, Mass., uses a snowblower to clear snow in front of his home. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Bradley Winn of Cohasset, Mass., carries a snow shovel past a snowbank on a sidewalk Sunday in Scituate, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP)
Snowflakes sit on the eyelashes of Chris Andrade as he clears snow from a sidewalk Saturday. A nor'easter with hurricane-force wind gusts battered much of the East Coast on Saturday. (David Goldman/AP)
Vehicles are buried with snow following a winter storm in Boston, Mass. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Cars are buried with snow in Beacon Hill following a winter storm in Boston, Mass. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
A man cross-country skis through the Boston Common during near whiteout conditions as a winter storm bears down on Boston, Mass. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Bill McKelvey of Scituate, Mass., uses a snowblower to clear snow in front of his home Sunday. (Steven Senne/AP)
A lineman works in an elevated platform, or cherry picker, while repairing damaged power lines Sunday in Chatham, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
A lineman uses a pole to untangle damaged power lines while working to restore electrical power Sunday in Chatham, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP)
Vines scaling the side of a building are covered in snow in Providence, R.I., on Saturday. (David Goldman/AP)
Snowflakes fall as a couple walks along a street in Providence, R.I., on Saturday. (David Goldman/AP)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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