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Some 46 million people are under winter alerts, with the heaviest snow due between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour have been reported in the greater New York City area, according to the National Weather Service in New York.
Heavier snow with potential rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour will be possible across eastern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and up through northern Connecticut and Rhode Island. New York City could pick up 6 inches or more from this storm, which would be the city's largest snowstorm in two years. Mayor Eric Adams said public schools would move to remote learning today.Snow is expected to end within next hour or two in the New Jersey, Hudson Valley and New York City metro areas, according to NBC New York's Violeta Yas.This is an uptick from 98,000 recorded without power as of 8:30 a.m.Some airlines are issuing waivers to customers because of the winter storm impacting flights to and out of the Northeast.are all allowing passengers traveling through or from certain Northeast airports today to rebook their flights to a later date through Thursday. Frontier Airlines is allowing passengers to rebook their flights, receive credits or request refunds. It's not clear if they're allowing rebooking without charge.Snowplows have been deployed in New York City for the first time in two years, the Sanitation Department said on X.Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour have been reported in the greater New York City area, according to the weather service in New York.New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol spoke about how the city prepared for what could be its biggest snowstorm in two years. "As you are all aware, this forecast changed very quickly. Two days ago, forecast called for about an inch of snow. Yesterday morning, that was bumped up to 5 to 8 inches with a worst case scenario of 10 inches," he told NBC News. The city considered"the worst case scenario" when getting prepared for this winter storm, Iscol said. He advised residents to also take proper preparations to protect themselves from the storm, including staying off the roads for their own safety.Pedestrians make their way through slushy snow in front of Radio City Music Hall and the NBC Studios this morning.So far, Pennsylvania is leading with the most number of customers without power as the state has approximately 98,000 as of 8:30 a.m. ET.New Yorkers woke up this morning to a blanket of white outside their windows and a warning to take it slow on the roads, if they must be on them.More than 1,300 flights were canceled and 7,000 delayed across the country so far today, with about half of those in the Northeast, according to the flight-tracking website New York's LaGuardia Airport leads the cancellations chart with 243 flights as of 8:30 a.m. ET, which represents 43% of those slated to leave today.Almost 50 million people could be affected by snowstorms stretching from Philadelphia to Boston as officials warn commuters to stay home if they can. NBC News’ Trymaine Lee reports on the messy commutes and canceled flights and how New York City is responding after a two-year snow drought.It has been a record-setting 744 days since more than 2 inches of snow fell in New York City, stretching back to January 2022.Satellite imagery shows the Nor'easter due to move over a huge swath of New England and the tri-state area before moving out to sea around 4 p.m.The strong nor'easter storm currently dumping snow across the region will move out to the Atlantic later today — but not before bringing some severe winter weather to much of the region, the weather service said in an update. The storm will"continue to rapidly deepen" and bring snow, with the worst-affected areas expected to be eastern Pennsylvania, including Lehigh Valley, northern New Jersey, southeast New York, including New York City. Southern New England could receive between 6 and 12 inches of snow, with 3 to 6 inches expected elsewhere — enough to"produce locally significant travel disruptions" and possible power outages, the weather service said.More than 27,000 homes and businesses in Pennsylvania and 11,600 in West Virginia were without power after 6:30 a.m. as heavy rain and snow caused disruptions across the region.website, which tracks power connections nationally, showed that more than 40,000 properties had no power in the Northeast, while power outages continue in the South.Millions of schoolchildren across the region will be staying home this morning as dozens of schools choose to either close or deliver lessons remotely.A weather system approaches the northeastern United States this morning in satellite images captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Almost 3 inches of snow has fallen in central parts of Pennsylvania as of 4 a.m., with more on the way. Video posted on X in Northumberland, a town north of Harrisburg, showed a steady stream of snowfall. Kevin Clamato, who made the post, said there was 2.8 inches of snow in 32-degree conditions.The outlook for a swath of the I-95 corridor from Philadelphia to the New York City area includes the likelihood of moderate to heavy snowfall during the morning commute, federal forecasters said late yesterday. The heaviest snowfall was expected in Pennsylvania and east of New York City south of Interstate 78 from 1 to 4 a.m., the weather service said.from Philadelphia to New York City was a part of a weather service forecast graphic late yesterday. It applies to the morning hours today. "Areas near & northwest of the I-95 corridor likely see moderate to heavy snow during the height of rush hour," the service's office in Mount Holly, New Jersey, said on the social media platform X.As Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City prepare for the Nor'easter's snow blitz, the weather service yesterday expanded its forecast for snow to include additional parts of the South and mid-Atlantic. A winter weather advisory, which indicates that freezing rain or 2 to 4 inches of snow is in the forecast, was issued for areas of northern Virginia, the National Weather Service said. A winter storm warning, which indicates that at least 6 inches of snow is expected to fall in a 12-hour span, was issued for communities in Maryland and West Virginia, it said. For much of the region covered by the weather service's office in Sterling, Virginia — it calls it Baltimore/Washington — rain will transform into"heavy, wet snow," it said.
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