
The governors of New York and Massachusetts have deployed their National Guard as a massive winter storm hits the East Coast.
The Nor’easter, which is expected to bring blizzard conditions and coastal flooding across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast into Monday, has already left more than 70 thousand people without power.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy have even deployed their state’s National Guard to be ready to respond to storm damage as they urged residents to stay off the streets.Â
‘Every car that gets stranded, runs down, slips, crashes – you are creating a burden for our first responders who may need to be deployed elsewhere,’ Healy said on Sunday.
Forecasters have warned that the storm, which is walloping the region from Maryland to Massachusetts, could have historic impacts bringing up two feet of snow to some areas.
Winter weather conditions are ‘rapidly deteriorating late this afternoon’ and ‘snow accumulations are ramping up from south to north,’ according to the National Weather Service.
Follow along for the latest updates.Â
Power outages start across East Coast
Snow falling at rate of up to two inches per hour
Federal employees given extra time to show up for work on Monday
More than five inches reported in NYC
Snow starts to fall in the Big Apple
Maryland governor declares state of emergency
Meteorologist laments ‘winter in full force’
Philadelphia declares ‘disaster’ emergency
Subway service partially suspended
Senate postpones DHS funding vote due to inclement weather
Massachusetts governor declares state of emergency and tells residents to stay off the roads
Travel ban goes into effect in New Jersey
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National Guard activated in New York and Massachusetts and 70k-plus without power as blizzard slams Northeast