MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Northeast was in dig-out mode Wednesday, a day after a treacherous storm packing strong winds and accompanying plummeting temperatures left some residents dealing with rock-hard ice and others with more than 2 feet of snow. The upshot: a late-season boost to the region's ski areas.

Cherie Burke contends with blowing snow during a blustery storm, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Portland, Maine. A late-season storm is hitting t…

In this photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, Nan, a 21-year-old polar bear enjoys the first measurable snowfall in months at the …

Winds whip through a downtown street as a pedestrian shovels a path for a snowed-in car during a snowstorm in Lewiston, Maine, Tuesday, March …

Travelers using the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line wait in a warming section of the Montrose Station as a train heading to O'Hare Inter…

Erykah Jones ,left, and her grandmother Janell Jones both of Florence, S.C, returning from a family funeral In Buffalo, N.Y., wait in the trai…

This March 14, 2017 photo shows damage to the sea wall on the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Pounding waves at a bend where the…

A snowplow clears a Eastbound section of the I-90 Thruway near Albany, after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a travel ban on the thruway for…

A pedestrian walks down a snow-filled street to get to a hotel during a snowstorm in Lewiston, Maine, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. A blustery late…

A commuter using the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line, braces from the wind and snow as a train heading for O'Hare International Airport …