Roughly 185 million people are under winter alerts today as dangerous cold grips much of the central and eastern U.S. Wind chills in some areas are as low as the minus 20s and minus 30s, and temperatures are 10 to 40 degrees below average.

A powerful winter storm is delivering heavy snow across the NYC area, with conditions expected to worsen through Sunday before slowly winding down Monday.

The News10NBC red alert continues tonight into Monday as an area wide heavy snowfall blankets all of Western New York. At times, the snow has been accumulating at the rate of one and half inches per hour with visibility falling to near a quarter mile.

Snow continues to fall in the New York City-metropolitan area Sunday, Jan. 25, as a massive weather system impacts much of the northeast.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Snow began to fall early Sunday across Western New York, and in most places, it continued well into Sunday night. A Winter Storm Warning remained in place for all counties in Western New York until 7 p.m. Monday. Most of the snow was expected to fall during the day Sunday, with it tapering off at night.

The New York City tri-state area could see over a foot of snow for the first time since 2021, when over 17 inches was recorded.

What to Know Preliminary forecasts show 8-12 inches of snow can be expected for much of the tri-state area, including New York City, the Hudson Valley, nearly all of New Jersey and into Connecticut; areas along the coast may see slightly lower totals,