PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. storm systems that buried the South and Midwest converge in the Northeast Tuesday, producing one massive storm, forecasters said.
Snow was expected to fall from the Ohio Valley to the central Appalachians, much of the mid-Atlantic and New England, AccuWeather.com reported.
The snowfall, which will be the heaviest from New Jersey through southeastern New England, was expected to prompt school closings and snarl travel over much of the Northeast, forecasters said.
Up to 18 inches of snow was possible from Providence, R.I., through Boston, forecasters said.
Other snowfall amounts could range from 4-8 inches in Philadelphia to 6-12 inches from New York to Hartford, Conn., they said.
The worst of the storm Tuesday night would be from the Philadelphia area to New York, with New England getting the brunt Wednesday, AccuWeather.com said. A nor'easter could strike southeastern New England from central Connecticut to eastern Massachusetts and coastal Maine.
In the South, snow and ice turned Atlanta into a treacherous winter wonderland of disrupted air travel, a slew of traffic accidents and stranded travelers Tuesday.
Atlanta police reported 368 accidents were reported by midnight Monday as icy conditions made several stretches of roadway nearly impassable, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
The city's bus service was canceled for Tuesday and commuters were warned that the metro train system would be delayed.
Police delivered blankets, bottled water and sandwiches to a Greyhound bus station where passengers were stranded, police spokesman Kim Jones said.
"The riders were orderly and grateful for receiving the food," Jones said. UPI
