New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are under winter storm warnings today as the entire region braces for snow. Tri-State Area officials have been issuing warnings and discussing the states' preparations in the days leading up to the storm.

Most of the United States is being assailed with extreme winter weather this week as Arctic air blasts south from Canada, snow tracks up the Northeast coast and a potentially crippling winter storm takes aim at the South.

Heavy snow is expected to blanket large portions of the Eastern U.S. while much of the country will endure dangerously cold temperatures in the coming days.

With a winter storm moving through the tri-state Sunday afternoon, the New York City metro area’s three major airports were all seeing delays and cancellations. As of 2 p.m. Eastern, Newark Liberty International was seeing 254 cancellations into or out of the airport and another 82 delays Sunday,

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry issued a “state of emergency” order Saturday ahead of a nasty winter storm that's expected to hit Louisiana this week. Landry’s declaration unlocks direct state assistance to support operational measures at the parish level.

It's been a while since it last snowed in Mobile, but snow is in the forecast for the city on Tuesday, and a winter storm watch is in effect. The photo above is from the Mobile office of the National Weather Service from a rare south Alabama snow in December of 1996. Joe Maniscalco/National Weather Service

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning at 9:21 a.m. on Sunday in effect until Monday at 9 a.m. for Westmoreland Ridges and Fayette Ridges.

Snowfall forecasts have increased for a winter storm expected to blanket New Jersey with widespread areas of 4 to 8 inches of snow. Winter storm warning areas were expanded early Sunday and a state of emergency is in effect. National Weather Service and AccuWeather

Schools and government offices across Louisiana have announced closures ahead of what local forecasters say could be New Orleans' first major snowstorm in more than 15 years, but warming shelters

NEW YORK — New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are under winter storm warnings today as the entire region braces for snow. Tri-State Area officials have been issuing warnings and discussing the states' preparations in the days leading up to the storm.

A winter storm warning has been issued for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as the entire region could get blanketed in snow.