The Big Apple\u2019s gonna be buried!\u00a0<\/p>\n
A fast-approaching\u00a0deadly winter storm<\/a>\u00a0is expected to dump up to 18 inches of\u00a0snow on the New York City area<\/a>\u00a0early Sunday \u2014 bringing a bone-chilling temps and a travel nightmare across the tri-state.<\/p>\n \u201cThe roads are going to be horrendous from Sunday on,\u201d said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Tom Kines. <\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no travel that will be safe, it\u2019s going to be a disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n A storm is expected to dump up to 16 inches of snow on New York City beginning as early as Saturday night, forecasters said. Deccio Serrano\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n The snow is expect to start between midnight and 8 a.m. Sunday and continue into Monday \u2014 snarling roads and grounding airplane flights, Kines said.<\/p>\n Forecasters are predicting up to 16 inches for New York City and up to 18 inches for the Hudson Valley \u2014 potentially the most snowfall there since the Blizzard of 1996.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t expect to go anywhere or get anything done Sunday, and possibly Monday, Kines said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf there\u2019s a foot or more, the city is going to be at a standstill. Travel by land will be slow at best if not impossible and airports will be shut down,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Snowfall in other parts of the US such as Dallas and Charlotte will likely cause flight delays in New York City and all over the country, Kines said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019ll be a huge domino effect on airport this weekend,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s gonna be many, many cancelations and delays.\u201d<\/p>\n Nationally, the historic winter storm is set to bring \u201cconsiderable disruption\u201d to millions of people in roughly 35 states, with areas east of the Rockies hardest hit, forecasters said.<\/p>\n The snowfall \u2014 which comes as the city shivers through frigid temperatures in the teens \u2014 is forecast to stop by around noon Monday at the latest, Kines said.<\/p>\n And it\u2019s going to stick around, too. Temps will dip to 11 degrees Friday and aren\u2019t expected to rise above freezing until Wednesday, Feb. 4.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a dry, fluffy snow, which is good for those who have to shovel, so that\u2019s one bright spot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n If the Big Apple gets at least a foot of snow, it would be the most in the city since February 2021, when 16.8 inches fell in Central Park over a two-day period.<\/p>\n Meteorologists predicted 8 to 16 inches of snow is forecast throughout the region, including in the Hudson Valley, nearly all of New Jersey and Connecticut. FOX Weather<\/p>\n The more likely scenario, Kines said the storm could move north and blanket the city with 4 to 8 inches.<\/p>\n Overall, 8 to 12 inches will fall around the tri-state\u00a0region \u2014 including in the Hudson Valley, nearly all of New Jersey and Connecticut, according to meteorologists.<\/p>\n Still, despite the warnings, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the jury is still out on just how badly the city will be hit.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cWe are expecting precipitation to begin late Saturday or early Sunday and to possibly last into Monday. The forecast is predicting anywhere from 3 to 12 inches of snow,\u201d\u00a0 Mamdani said at a press conference Thursday.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is entirely possible that we get less than three inches \u2014 and it is just as possible that we get over a foot,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cNew Yorkers know that forecasts do not always get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the city will begin a \u201cpre-snow treatment\u201d on Friday to prepare for the storm.<\/p>\n New York City could see the most snowfall since 2021. OLGA FEDOROVA\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n \u201cWhat that means is that we will brine all highways, major streets, and bike lanes to mitigate snow and ice accumulation, and we are also going to accelerate cleanup once the storm has passed,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n He added that \u201croughly 2,000 sanitation workers\u201d\u00a0 will work 12-hour shifts Saturday to\u00a0 \u201cremove snow around the clock.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c As we speak, our sanitation fleet is being transformed into a snow-clearing fleet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n New Yorkers on Thursday scrambled to buy shovels and sidewalk salt to prepare for the storm as some Manhattan shops were nearly sold out.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re out of Icemelt, so it\u2019s a little bit of a panic,\u201d said one Manhattan building super, who settled for a 12-pound jar of another brand. \u201cThat\u2019s all they had. This is enough for now.\u201d <\/p>\n An employee at Home Depot on West 23rd Street near Fifth Avenue in Manhattan said the store was low on rock salt because there was a big demand for it in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s all that\u2019s left [of the salt], because the Midwest had a lot of storms, we\u2019re stretched a little thin this year. This has been the stormiest winter we had in a long time on the east coast,\u201d said the worker.<\/p>\n Albert Blen, a 65-year-old contractor, said he was preparing for the worst.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the weather\u2019s like this, you know it\u2019s gonna come down,\u201d said Blen.<\/p>\n