Region begins digging out from ‘Blizzard of ’26,’ more snow expected

A PEACEFUL CALM in downtown Providence Tuesday after the city received 36 inches of snow Monday. /PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS PHOTO/ANNE EWING

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport received a historic arrival Monday.  A record 37.9 inches of snow landed at the state’s main airport Monday, according to the National Weather Service, the highest amount seen since the “Blizzard of ‘78.'” That two-day storm dropped 28.6 inches in Providence on Feb. 6-7, 1978.  Dubbed the

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