A major winter storm smacked the Northeast on Monday, February 1^st, that is expected to dump as much as 2-feet of snow across a wide swath stretching from Pennsylvania to New England and affecting Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.

Residents living along the I-95 corridor have been cautioned to stay off the roads as snowfall rates are expected to reach 2-inches an hour in some portions. Winter weather warnings and advisories are in effect throughout the northeast.

The National Weather Service is predicting that northeast Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and southern New York will experience the greatest impact with New York City anticipated to experience as much as 20-inches.

In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has restricted nonessential travel and warned residents of “blizzard-like conditions” and wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour.

Philadelphia is expected to get 5-inches of snow through Tuesday night, while Boston is expected to accumulate as much as 11-inches over the same period. Much of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine will get at least 6-inches of snow. Isolated sections of Pennsylvania and New York may get more than 2-feet of snow.

Coastal flooding due to heavy winds has also been forecasted from the Mid-Atlantic to New England into Tuesday.

As of Monday morning, some areas had already received 3-inches to 5-inches of snow. Six-inches of snow fell in parts of Pennsylvania.

In parts of New Jersey, 7-inches of snow had already fallen as of Monday morning.

New jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency on Sunday and had begun to position supplies.

Cities affected also include Louisville, Kentucky; Asheville, North Carolina, Richmond, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; New York; Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Scranton, Pennsylvania; Boston; and Bangor, Maine.

Major cities within the boundaries of the storm are expected to get snowfall ranging from:

• 1-inch to 3-inches in Washington, D.C.
• 5-inches to 15-inches in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• 4-inches to 13-inches in Philadelphia
• 12-inches to 17-inches in Scranton
• 11-inches to 13-inches in New York
• 7-inches to 8-inches in Hartford, Connecticut
• 3-inches to 4-inches in Boston

Strong winds will cause blizzard and whiteout conditions at the pinnacle of the storm. Power outages are expected.

Coastal flooding is also a possibility as the winds force ocean water onto the coast from Delmarva to New England. Flood advisories extend from Ocean Pines, Maryland north to Portland, Maine.

The storm started in California last week where it dropped 6-feet of snow as well as heavy rain before moving on to the Midwest where it left Chicago with 8-inches of snow.

A warning issued for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and Baltimore guest that up to 9-inches of snow would fall in some areas. The snowfall in the D.C. area will break a 709-day streak during which no more than an inch of snow was recorded at Ronald Reagan National Airport.

As of 10:31 a.m. EST, more than 3,235 residents were without power in Maryland and 3,012 were in the dark in New York.

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