New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- The third winter storm to hit the US in a week is set to strengthen rapidly into a bomb cyclone on Tuesday, with widespread snowfall expected in the northeast and in New England.

As of writing this, over one-third of the US (33.4%) had been covered by snow, marking the start of meteorological winter from 1 December.

According to a report by CNN, the last time there was this much snow on 1 December was six years back in 2019, when 41% of the US was covered in snow.

As the storm continued to move up the East Coast, 27 states released weather advisories, stretching 1,500 miles.

While parts of the northeast declared winter storm warnings, states from Montana to Maine issued winter weather advisories.

A rapidly streng...