On the 2nd day of spring! – 14 inches (35 cm) of snow already in Pennsylvania – 12 inches (30 cm) in West Virginia – 10 inches (25 cm) in Kentucky. Snow emergency declared in Washington, D.C. Blizzard warnings for some areas.
The heavy, wet snow is expected to damage or destroy trees, bringing power outages.
Snow is falling at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour from parts of western Long Island and northern New Jersey into Pennsylvania and Maryland. Up to 5 inches of snow has already been reported in parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
With up to 18 inches (45 cm) of snow forecast for some areas, more than 70 million people are under a winter storm watch, warning or advisory.
According to msn.com, this storm could dump a record amount of snow on many areas.