Stay off the roads. That was Gov. Dan McKee’s message to all Rhode Islanders as a nor’easter with “peak blizzard conditions” shut down the state Monday. The National Weather Service office in Norton,

Gov. Dan McKee posted on X that all shelters will be open across the state and that "no one will be turned away without a place to go."

The governor will speak at Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Cranston.

On Sunday, Gov. Dan McKee declared a state of emergency and issued a travel ban on all roads due to the severe weather conditions.

The travel ban will expire at noon, but officials are still urging people to stay home if possible. The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge, the Mount Hope Bridge, the Newport Pell Bridge, and the Sakonnet River Bridge will also reopen at noon when the travel ban lifts, according to the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority.

By the afternoon, the snowfall level near Providence — almost 33 inches — obliterated the two-day record set by the infamous Blizzard of 1978.

Gov. Dan McKee is set to provide Rhode Islanders with an update on Tuesday as the region digs itself out from record snowfall.

Snow total records were smashed in Rhode Island, where a jaw-dropping 37.9 inches of snow was recorded from Monday's nor'easter. Here's a look at impacts. (AP Photo)

A blizzard warning is also in effect in Boston, Rhode Island and some of the Maine coast through Tuesday morning. Powerful winds could reach 55 mph in New York City and 75 mph in Boston. Wind gusts have reached 84 mph on Long Island and 73 mph on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

The Rhode Island State Police Department says that it has responded to over 100 disabled vehicles during this snowstorm.As of 11:30 a.m. , the department had re