By Ryan Gaydos and Travis Fedschun, Fox News
A rapidly-intensifying winter storm system known as a “bomb cyclone” targeted the Northeast on Thursday with snow, ice, bone-chilling winds and a central air pressure similar to that of the devastating Superstorm Sandy.
The wicked winter weather canceled thousands of flights and left schools shuttered across the region — and is still set to usher in “life-threatening” temperatures this weekend.
“This could be one of the strongest offshore storms we’ve ever experienced with a central pressure in the 950s,” Fox News Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean said.
Mesovortices near the center of the deepening east coast cyclone, as seen by @NOAA‘s #GOES16 1-minute visible imagery. #blizzard pic.twitter.com/p4p7bMIWwm
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) January 4, 2018
The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings for parts of Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, coastal New Jersey, Long Island, N.Y., and coastal eastern New England. Most of those areas could see at least a foot of snow, while nearly 2 feet of snow was projected in locales further north.
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