snowstorm paralysed Boston's Logan International Airport.

Several politicians had travel plans thrown into turmoil, including Deputy Premier Jerome Dill and Shadow Finance Minister Eugene Cox.

The early spring blizzard also forced Boston-bound visitors to spend an extra day in Bermuda.

And it disrupted other flights as airlines desperately sought to reroute stranded passengers, leading to a crush at New York's airports.

The two companies hit by yesterday's snowstorm were Delta and American Airlines.

Their local representatives were keeping their fingers crossed flights would return to normal today.

Meanwhile, Bermuda yesterday experienced its own dose of bad weather as strong winds swept the Island.

And Harbour Radio were kept busy as gale-force winds caused a string of sea dramas.

In one, a man was rescued after his dinghy capsized in St. George's harbour.

Forecasters warned of showers today, with 35 knot winds and temperatures plunging into the 50s. A low of 50 was predicted for tomorrow.

Yesterday's blizzard buried New England and the Northeast under nearly three feet of heavy, wet snow that downed power lines, closed airports and was blamed for causing three deaths.

There were reports of up to 35 inches of snow in parts of Massachusetts and the Catskills region of New York, with accumulations of 18 inches to two feet in large sections of Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

Massachusetts Governor William Weld declared a state of emergency, telling non-essential state workers to stay home.

In Boston, Mayor Thomas Menino ordered City Hall, buried under two feet of snow, closed. And in New Hampshire, the legislature voted not to open yesterday.

Day care centres, schools and colleges in the region were shut as were most businesses in central and western Massachusetts. Hundreds of thousands of residents from Pennsylvania to parts of Maine remained without power.

"It is still quite a vicious storm and it is continuing,'' Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency executive director Peter LaPorte said.

Boston, which closed off most of its subway system and halted bus service for the first time in 20 years, was still struggling at midday yesterday to open Logan International Airport. Airport officials had hoped to have one runway cleared for emergencies by 10 a.m., but that time passed with little progress.

Snow continued to fall at Logan where accumulation topped 20 inches and strong winds piled drifts up to eight feet.

Among hundreds of Bermudians marooned in Boston were Mr. Dill, Mr. Cox, his wife and their daughter, Paula, now a Progressive Labour Party backbencher.

Bermuda's Delta spokeswoman Jackie Zuill said the airline's flight to and from Boston was cancelled yesterday.

Some 250 passengers were forced to remain on the Island until today -- and a similar number hoping to fly to Bermuda were stranded in Boston.

"We are hoping normal service will be provided tomorrow,'' she said.

Ms Zuill added Delta's scheduled 1.35 p.m. flight from Bermuda to Atlanta yesterday was delayed by more than three hours.

American Airlines' local manager Carole DeCouto said the company's 1.30 p.m.

Bermuda-Boston flight was cancelled.

"Most passengers were either rerouted or will go tomorrow. Hopefully, everything will get back to normal tomorrow.'' Mrs. DeCouto said American's two New York-bound flights went ahead, although the afternoon one was delayed.

The plane had been held up leaving New York, waiting for clearance from air traffic controllers.

"A lot of flights were probably rerouted through New York because Boston Airport was closed.'' said Mrs. DeCouto.

Other airlines reported no disruption.

Altogether Harbour Radio handled five incidents yesterday including a continuing search by merchant vessels and the US Coast Guard for a possible missing ship.

The search started three days ago southeast of Bermuda after a distress signal from an emergency beacon was picked up.

The beacon has now been found, but there is no trace of any ship and it is not known if the search will continue today.

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