Lower Thirds: 

0:05	Report by | Aaron Tilton

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That's the sound of a deep freeze slamming into the Northeastern United States. A powerful winter storm or a 'nor easter' has closed roads and knocked out power to more than a half a million homes. Like here in Massachusetts. 

In the state capital Boston, residents had just finished clearing the last heavy snow, when a new avalanche rolled over the city. Heavy equipment is clearing the drifts, but authorities still issued road travel bans across the eastern seaboard. 

With 5 states reporting snowfall approaching a meter, these New Yorkers were forced to turn to skis to check on their neighbors. 

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ingrid Devita, New Yorker:
"I do ski patrol on the Lower East Side because we've lost a record amount of frozen homeless people. So I like to check the parks and sometimes I find people fall in the snow and they can't get up. Like an elderly gentleman went out in his pajamas to get a quart of milk, so, things like that. And I just love it. It's so easy to get around on 

But the bomb cyclone isn't bad news for every one. It turned central park into a winter sports paradise for these families. 

Several cites are already reporting record snowfall and blizzard warnings remain in place for millions on the east coast.