Parts of New England, upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey are preparing for the arrival of a blizzard that could deposit tens of centimeters of thick, wet snow.
The US National Weather Service warned that the storm is expected to begin late Monday night and continue into Wednesday.
The storm is also expected to bring strong winds, and power outages are likely.
More than 45 centimeters of snow can fall in western Massachusetts, but only about ten centimeters of flakes along the Atlantic coast.
Meteorologists have not yet determined the exact track of the storm.
A Winter Storm Warning will be in effect between Monday evening and Wednesday for parts of northern New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, southern Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, just as it will for western Massachusetts and parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Leaders asked people in the area to be prepared and informed.
The storm will coincide with local elections in New Hampshire. About 20 communities decided to postpone voting, while others reminded voters that they could vote by mail.
