Updated 2:35 p.m. ET

(Bloomberg) – The worst winter storm of the season threatens to bring snow, ice and cold from Nova Scotia to Florida, including a foot or more in Boston and a few inches in Manhattan.

Winter storm warnings and advisories stretch from Massachusetts to Florida, the National Weather Service said. Blizzard warnings cover the coast of New England and even parts of North Carolina, and Virginia by Chesapeake Bay, including Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

It was snowing in Tallahassee, Florida's capital, early Wednesday, according to Rob Carolan, a meteorologist with Hometown Forecast Services Inc. in Nashua, New Hampshire. Snow was reported in Savannah, Georgia, while freezing rain and ice covered wide areas of the southern states.

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