More than a foot of snow blankets the region in the daylong storm of Sunday, Jan. 25. By 1 a.m. Monday, the National Weather Service was reporting 17.5 inches in Worcester, with Holden recording the deepest snow in the region, at 20 inches.

With a monster snow storm expected to continue into Monday, Jan. 26 many schools have preemptively cancelled school in Central Massachusetts. The region is expected to get between 18 and 24 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

The city admitted this week that it faces challenges in hiring and retaining enough people to do snow removal work.

Central Massachusetts was slammed extra hard by the weekend snow storm, with some snow piles towering over the streets. Crews worked<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Much like Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog from Pennsylvania, if Cornelia sees her shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter.