A large storm is beginning to dump snow on the southern and eastern United States today (Friday, January 22, 2016) with flight cancellations and emergency conditions in five states. As much as 60 centimetres may fall in Washington. The National Weather Service said the winter storm could rank near the top 10 to ever hit the region. NWS meteorologist Paul Kocin compared it to “Snowmageddon,” the first of two storms that “wiped out” Washington in 2010, but he said the weekend timing could help limit deaths and damage. New Yorkers are battening down as well. The snowfall is expected to continue from late Friday into Sunday and could cause more than $1 billion in damage and paralyze the eastern third of the nation, he said.
