Nearly 30 million people in the Northeast are bracing for what the National Weather Service is calling a potentially historic blizzard that could bring more than 2 feet of snow today and Tuesday to parts of the region.
Blizzard warnings have been issued all the way from the New Jersey shore to coastal New England from this afternoon through late Tuesday.
The National Weather Service said New York could get as much as 2 feet of snow; Boston and Providence, R.I., could get up to 2 ½ feet. Wind gusts of up to 50 mph are expected inland, and some gusts could reach 75 mph on the Northeastern coast.
"This could be a storm the likes of which we have never seen before," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday.
Weather Underground puts it this way: "By the time its last flake falls on Wednesday, the Blizzard of 2015 will likely pile up some epic snowfall amounts which may rank in the top ten in recorded history for all three of these cities."
The Nor'easter could cripple travel. Already, thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed.
Chris Dolce, weather.com meteorologist, says, "Avoid all travel, as it will be extremely dangerous with blizzard or near-blizzard conditions likely."
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