A major storm hit the US east coast on Monday, bringing record-breaking snow and massive disruption. It also left magical scenes across New York.

New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan. Video of the fracas shows

A state of emergency was also declared in Delaware, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, with officials in several states urging people to avoid venturing out. More than 5,000 flights in and out of the United States were canceled for Monday, with New York City and Boston seeing the most cancellations and delays.

A blizzard warning remains in effect through late Monday, Feb. 23, for New York City and much of the region as the system drops several feet of snow.

Remember when we yearned for those first snowflakes of winter to fall? Collectively, we’re over it. Light flakes were met with groaning and sighs across New York City early Wednesday as another inch or so fell — meager,

Sanitation crews continue clearing slushy neighborhood streets, while a follow-up clipper system adds a light coating of fresh snow. Track plows here.

Monday’s storm blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights, disrupted transit and downed power lines. More than 3 feet (0.9 meters) fell in Rhode Island — surpassing snow totals from the historic Blizzard of 1978 that struck the Northeast, the weather service said.

A state of emergency and a travel ban were declared ahead of the powerful nor'easter storm.

For the second straight day, the blizzard that pounded New York City, the Lower Hudson Valley and Long Island set several daily snowfall records, according to the National Weather Service.

When the city needed digging out, it called its emergency shovelers. One Queens resident describes the pay, the crosswalks, and the yellow snow.

New York City will have a regular snow day on Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, due to the nor'easter and forecast for towering snowfall totals.