New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- A massive Winter Storm Hernando hit the United States East Coast on Monday (local time), bringing record-breaking snow that disrupted normal life for millions of people, leaving them stuck inside their homes and without power.

A BBC report citing the National Weather Service said that parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts witnessed nearly 37 inches of snowfall, with more than 19 inches in New York City's Central Park.

Weather warnings were stretched from North Carolina to Northern Maine and even extended to some parts of eastern Canada. The report also added that over 600,000 properties on the US East Coast suffered power outages. Due to the winter storm, the Boston Globe, which is a major US Newspaper, said that...