This storm came just two weeks after a previous major blizzard severely affected most of these same areas in December 2010.

As a result, snowfall totals in these areas were not expected to reach those of the December 2010 blizzard two weeks earlier.

[2] Meanwhile, a second system swung southeastward from Alberta, Canada, delivering light amounts of snow to the Dakotas, the Upper Midwest and the Great Lakes regions.

[citation needed] The storm affected portions of New Jersey, New York, much of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts overnight late Tuesday into Wednesday, January 12, 2011.

[3] Heavy snow caused the roof of an apartment building in Norwich to collapse, forcing the evacuation of 10 residents.

[4] The storm forced state troopers to close a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in southwest Connecticut due to numerous trucks becoming stuck on the highway in the snow.

[citation needed] The Edgewood Yacht Club was completely destroyed by a fire at the height of the storm.