The first flakes ahead of a potentially historic blizzard began swirling through New York City, with forecasters predicting up to 90cm of snow in the coming days.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a blizzard warning for New York City and surrounding areas beginning at 6pm Irish time and warned of two days of winter storms across the East Coast, from Pennsylvania to Maine.
Airlines have cancelled more than 2,000 flights so far.
"This could be the biggest snowstorm in the history of this city," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said yesterday.
Mr de Blasio told residents of America's most populous city to stay off the roads and to "prepare for something worse than we have seen before."
Some Aer Lingus flights between Dublin and New York have been cancelled today due to the weather conditions.
A spokesperson for the airline said customers will be re-accommodated on the next available flights.
All customers are advised to check the status of their flight on the website.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged people to work from home, saying the city's bus and subway systems could be closed ahead of this evening commute, along with the Metro North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road as well as other commuter rail services.
The biggest snowfall on record in New York City came during the storm of 11-12 February 2006, dropping 68cm, according to the city's Office of Emergency Management.
The NWS called the approaching system a "crippling and potentially historic blizzard," with many areas along the east coast expected to be blanketed by 30-60cm of snow.
The New York City area could be the hardest hit, with lashing winds topping 81km/h and snowfall of 76cm or more in some suburbs.
Flight-tracking website Flightaware.com showed 2,117 flights cancelled by this morning, including more than 500 at the three main airports serving New York City.
Delta Air Lines has cancelled at least 600 flights, while United Airlines will eliminate all of tomorrow's flights at airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
The carrier will begin limiting operations tonight at Newark, LaGuardia and John F Kennedy airports in the New York area, a spokeswoman said.
Southwest Airlines has cancelled more than 130 of 3,410 flights scheduled for today.
American Airlines said it expected "quite a few" flights to be affected.
Cities along the heavily populated east coast had snow ploughs and trucks on standby to dispense road salt.
The Greater New York Taxi Association, an organisation of taxi operators in New York City, said its members will offer free taxi rides to emergency workers unable to get to work and the elderly who might be stranded by the snow.
In Philadelphia and many other cities, shoppers rushed to stores to pick up last-minute staples.
Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation said it had readied 5,400 equipment operators and 2,700 trucks to work through the storm.
Schools in Philadelphia will shut early today and in
New York, Mr de Blasio said school children could probably expect to have tomorrow off.
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