At least nine people were killed in the weekend blizzard that swarmed large parts of the northeastern United States. The storm brought some three feet of snow to some areas and knocked out electricity to hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Many are still without power. Roads and public transit were shut down in Boston, which saw its first travel ban since 1978. Another storm is now brewing across the Northern Plains, bringing more snow and high winds. A series of tornadoes, meanwhile, has hit areas of Alabama and Mississippi, injuring at least 10 people and badly damaging hundreds of homes and buildings.