India, Jan. 24 -- A potent winter storm is tracing its own frozen footprint across America and is now moving on to its next stop, the Northeast. It stretches from Texas down to New England and has more than 2,000 miles to map its route through ice, cold, and general disruption and chaos. This weekend's storm is looking to be one of the biggest weather events of the season for cities such as New York and Philadelphia, not only in terms of the depth of the winter weather, but also its timing and the consequences that come from its wake.

Snow is expected to begin early Sunday morning across much of the northeastern United States, starting between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. with intensity increasing through late morning and early afternoon hours.

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