After blanketing the US Capital in snow on Sunday, a powerful snowstorm is now expected to hit parts of the northeastern United States, from North Carolina to New York, as forecasters said that dangerous travel conditions are expected in some places on Tuesday. 

Around tens of millions of people are going to be affected by the snowstorm as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued warnings from Virginia to Maine, predicting snowfall, biggest in two years, of 18 and 24 inches (5-60 centimeters) in southern New York, northeastern New Jersey, and parts of southwest Connecticut.

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A state of emergency was issued in New Jersey ahead of the snowstorm’s arrival on Sunday night, as Governor Phil Murphy order that authorities can close roads, evacuate homes, and commandeer equipment needed for public safety, reports AFP. 

Murphy also suspended all public transportation in the state on Monday, urging residents on Twitter to charge their phones and report power outage “immediately.”

The storm hit California last week, resulting in more than six feet of snow and heavy rainfall, and then moved to the Midwest, dropping nearly eight inches of snow in Chicago, said the NWS. 

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In Washington, snowfall started overnight on Saturday as NWS’s warning predicted between three and five inches of snow in the area around the Capital, Baltimore and Maryland. 

The snowstorm is expected to continue until Tuesday in the region, finishing off with a mixture of ice, sleet and freezing rain. 

President Joe Biden met advisors on Sunday to discuss “a range of issues, including the approaching winter storm,” said a White House official. He also discussed the COVID-19 vaccines and economic relief.