Boston Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, and the city is extending a snow emergency and parking ban until at least 6 p.m. Tuesday, the mayor said Monday afternoon.
“We need everyone to stay home,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu told reporters just after 5 p.m. as a powerful blizzard pummeled the region, causing power outages across Massachusetts and stranding drivers and disabling vehicles along roadways.
More than 15 inches of snow had fallen in Boston as of 3 p.m., with many neighborhoods seeing more than that, officials said…