BOSTON: New England and portions of New York state awoke Monday to a fresh blanket of snow as a storm churned across the Northeast, making for a slippery, tedious commute to start the workweek.

It was the third major snowstorm to pummel the region in less than two weeks.

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for central New York and the state’s western Catskills, along with much of New England through early Tuesday.

Some areas of Massachusetts had about a foot (30 centimeters) of snow before dawn, and the storm was expected to last all day Monday. The Boston area was expected to receive up to two feet (60 centimeters) of snow through Tuesday while Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, could each get up to a foot.

In New York, the snow stretched from Buffalo to the Hudson Valley.

The Amtrak railway canceled portions of its passenger train service in upstate New York because of the storm. Boston’s Logan International Airport will be allowing only a limited amount of flights to arrive and depart Monday so travelers should check with their airlines, the governor said.

Government officials Sunday announced that schools and municipal offices in many communities would be closed and that parking bans would be in effect. As accidents began to accumulate, drivers were warned to stay off the slick roads.