A winter snowstorm was expected to blanket a wide swath of the US Midwest on Saturday before heading to the East Coast, bringing up to a foot (30 cm) of fresh accumulation to parts of New England, days after a blizzard slammed the region, forecasters said.
Six to 12 inches of snow were predicted from Iowa to Massachusetts, with New York and New Jersey expected to bear the brunt of the storm when it blows in to the region on Monday, theNational Weather Service said.
"Close to 100 million people live within the swath forecast to be hit with accumulating snow or enough wintry mix to make for slippery roads from Saturday evening into Monday," said AccuWeather forecaster Alex Sosnowski.
The powerful storm dumped up to 3 feet (0.9 m) of snow and led to coastal flooding around parts of New England, while largely bypassing New Jersey and New York City, where forecasters had predicted one of the biggest storms on record.
Saturday's storm will begin as rain and sleet around Kansas and Missouri, while states to the north and east can expect moderate to heavy snowfall through Sunday, the National Weather Service said.
"I'm not concerned, I can't control the weather," said Andy Schmitz, a managing partner with a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Sioux City, Iowa. "We'll just be prepared for a busy day."
After the storm blows out, frigid weather in the single digits Fahrenheit was expected fromPhiladelphia to Boston early next week, the National Weather Service said.
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