The US East Coast is bracing itself for a “bomb cyclone” that is on course to to barrel in from the mid-Atlantic on Friday, the nor’easter forecast to travel up the Eastern Seaboard from the Carolinas and bring heavy snowfall along with the chill over the weekend, potentially threatening wider disruption to power supplies and travel.
Blizzard warnings are in effect from Friday evening through Saturday night, covering millions of residents along coastal areas of New England, while the heaviest snowfall is likely to fall across the the eastern shore of Maryland up to Maine, where six to 12 inches are likely, according to the Weather Prediction Center.
