Overnight snowfall left a slippery veil over the New York metropolitan region while upstate areas dug out from a blanket of snow close to a foot thick in spots.

Winter weather struck New York with a vengeance a week after much of the state dodged the brunt of a mega-storm. This time, hundreds of flights were canceled in the city as trains were delayed, driving was dangerous, and even the subway struggled with the storm.

Farther north, fast-falling snow that stretched into Monday measured 6 inches in Albany by midday and 11 inches in Buffalo. Schools closed across the region and plows struggled to keep up. Temperatures barely climbed out of single digits.

Temperatures were forecast to fall statewide later Monday.

(AP)