NEW YORK (AP) - Cities and towns along the East Coast scrambled to prepare for a bout with heavy snow and damaging winds after forecasters issued blizzard alerts for communities from Maryland to Massachusetts. The National Weather Service warned that once the storm intensifies Sunday it could prove significantly more severe than projections made just a few days ago. Snell said the storm would arrive Sunday morning in areas around Washington before stretching toward Philadelphia and New York City and reaching Boston in the evening. The weather service said the storm could begin as rainfall in some places before worsening. The weather service warned that the storm, with gusts up to 55 mph (80 kph), could cause whiteout conditions that “will make travel treacherous and potentially life-threatening.

Source: CNN February 22, 2026 11:09 UTC