of emergency for Monmouth, Ocean and Cape May counties on January 4 as the storm worsened, and said all state offices would be closed, in addition to deploying hundreds of snow removal equipment to the hardest-hit counties. The state police reported dozens of crashes throughout the day and dozens of residential aid requests as well. As much as of snow fell in parts of New Jersey, with the largest totals closer to the coastline. Strong gusty winds also impacted the state. New England Being the most geographically proximate to the storm's track, Massachusetts bore the highest impacts of all American states. Winds gusted to hurricane-force at on Nantucket and over on mainland Massachusetts. In Connecticut, the National Weather Service office in Bridgeport recorded of snow and wind gusts to . At least of snow fell on the Boston area, and fell in Providence, Rhode Island. In Boston, a storm tide of was recorded during the blizzard which flooded areas of the financial district, including a subway station. This beat the previous record set in 1978 by the Blizzard of 1978. Significant coastal flooding occurred in Maine and New Hampshire. A National Hockey League game between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers was postponed as a result of the storm. Atlantic Canada From New England the storm moved on to Atlantic Canada on January 4 and 5. Heavy snow fell in New Brunswick, peaking at in Bathurst. Sydney reported snowfall rates of up to 8 cm per hour, in heavy bands of thundersnow. While snowfall amounts closer to the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia were very low, winds gusting up to were reported in Saint-Joseph-du-Moine, causing widespread power outages. At the peak of the storm, nearly 130,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were left without power, while in New Brunswick, around 19,000 NB Power customers were left without power. Offshore waves reached heights of . Bermuda On 5 January 2018, the storm was also responsible for a persistent thunderstorm that brought of rain and gale-force winds to the island of Bermuda. There were wind gusts of up to . Cruise ships On 4 January 2018, both the Norwegian Breakaway and the Norwegian Gem traveled through the storm causing major flooding in passenger staterooms. The Breakaway, with 4,000 passengers, was sailing from the Bahamas back to New York City when it sustained flooding throughout the passenger cabins as well as elevators and the