ASSOCIATED PRESS • February 21, 2026
Blizzard warnings were issued Saturday for coastal communities along the East Coast as a late-winter storm set to arrive on Sunday threatened to make a mess of the start of a new week. The National Weather Service increased its assessment of the potential severity of a storm that was projected to be less ferocious only days earlier. The weather service said 1 to 2 feet of snow was possible in many areas. The weather service warned that the storm, with steady winds of 25 to 35 mph (40 to 56 kph) would “make travel dangerous, if not impossible.