New York City faces heaviest December snowfall in a decade

A foot or more of snow could blanket the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast starting Wednesday, snarling travel and sparking power outages while bringing New York its worst December storm in 10 years. New York could get 20 to 30 centimeters of snow starting Wednesday afternoon, lower than earlier estimates as the worst of the storm is now expected to strike further inland the National Weather Service said. “There is going to be a large swath from central Pennsylvania to southern New England that could see over a foot,” said Tyler Roys, a meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. “It’s been a while since we’ve had such an impactful storm.” The storm threatens to snarl road, rail and air traffic throughout the eastern US, just as trucks carrying Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine from Michigan fan out across the country and carriers are burdened with holiday packages. <br/>