January 8–13, 2011 North American blizzard
As a result, snowfall totals in these areas were not expected to reach those of the December 2010 blizzard two weeks earlier.[2] Meanwhile, a second system swung southeastward from Alberta, Canada, delivering light amounts of snow to the Dakotas, the Upper Midwest and the Great Lakes regions.[citation needed] The storm affected portions of New Jersey, New York, much of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts overnight late Tuesday into Wednesday, January 12, 2011.[3] Heavy snow caused the roof of an apartment building in Norwich to collapse, forcing the evacuation of 10 residents.[4] The storm forced state troopers to close a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in southwest Connecticut due to numerous trucks becoming stuck on the highway in the snow.