Bermudians in Halifax continued to battle with piles of snow as the Nova Scotia capital saw another four to six inches of the white stuff over the weekend, adding to the misery of Thursday?s blizzard.

The weekend snowfall added to the 37.5 inches that buried the city and the rest of the maritime region late last week.

Eudora Browne-Zuill has been in Halifax since February 14 to help bring her daughter, Keisha Zuill, back home. Ms Zuill said she is about to finish her studies at Compu College in the city.

?It looks like weeks before the city (will) get back to normal,? Mrs. Browne-Zuill said.

On Friday, the city was under curfew and a state of emergency, and Ms Zuill was unsure whether her classes would be cancelled today. The city?s universities boast a significant Bermudian population.

?If we were to go outside we would be completely covered with snow,? Mrs. Browne-Zuill said.

The mother and daughter did venture out on Friday afternoon hoping to find an open shop, but found most stores closed. Grocery stores were allowed to open from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. As of yesterday evening, a curfew of 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. remained in effect.

The two said they were safe and warm in their apartment and could watch the effects of the blizzard unfold from the apartment?s windows.

?The guys here are working and they were all out shovelling, but everything they have done has been covered over,? Mrs. Browne-Zuill said.

?It looks like they?ve given up now.?

The sidewalks are still covered, she added, and pedestrians had to share the streets with vehicles that could sometimes only drive in one lane on a three or four lane road.

?It just seems pretty dangerous,? she explained.

The city was also expecting another storm system to move through during the early part of the week and is forecasted to bring about ten inches of snow, she said.

?I?ve had enough of it; I like snow, but this is getting to be too much.?

Both said they are counting their lucky stars that the power had not been cut off; Mrs. Browne-Zuill said homes in some suburbs had lost power.

?We?re just praying that it will ease up and give us a chance to get home on Saturday,? she said.

Many Bermudian university students, including Dalhousie student Emily Leitch, were able to escape the cold, snowy weather on Saturday and return to the Island for a week on school vacation.

?A direct flight from Halifax to Bermuda runs every Saturday so anyone who was able to get on that flight was able to get home, but if anyone couldn?t take the direct flight they are probably stranded,? Ms Leitch ? who was happy to be away from the blizzard ? told .