US East Coast braces for historic blizzard
(VOVworld) - A swath of the US East Coast from Philadelphia to New York City
to Maine was
bracing for a potentially historic blizzard on Monday.
On Sunday the National Weather Service
(NWS) issued a blizzard warning for the northern section of the East Coast from
Monday afternoon until Tuesday, placing states from New
Jersey to Indiana
under winter storm watches and advisories. Airlines were already canceling
hundreds of flights ahead of the storm. The NWS called the approaching system a
"crippling and potentially historic blizzard," with many areas along
the East Coast expected to see up to 60 cm of snow. The New York City area
could be the hardest hit, with lashing winds and snowfall of over 70 cm in some
suburbs.