Officials from Virginia to Maine warned people to stay off the roads amid potential whiteout conditions.
Rhode Island, all of which was under a blizzard warning, banned all nonemergency road travel starting at 8 a.m.
Delaware allowed only essential personnel to drive in two of its three counties starting Friday night. Massachusetts, where forecasters said some isolated pockets could get as much as 30 inches of snow, banned heavy trucks from interstate highways for most of Saturday. Marc Rudkowski, 28, bought French bread and wine Friday at the Star Market in Cambridge, Massachusetts, along with balloons and toys for his dog, who turned 1 on Friday.Parts of New Jersey already had 10 inches of snow at 5 a.m. Saturday, and nearly the same in areas of Long Island. News 4 has live team coverage from throughout the region.
Coastal New Jersey was forecast to get as much as 18 inches of snow and eastern Long Island up to 17 inches . Philadelphia, New York City, and parts of the Delmarva Peninsula in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia could get 10 inches or more.
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