My daughter Sarah just took this picture of the Chelsea area of Manhattan as she and the rest of this city’s inhabitants brace for what could be the worst snow storm in that region’s history.

The New York Times reports that the latest forecasts call for as much as two feet of snow to fall by Tuesday morning, with accumulation in some areas even higher depending on where the heaviest storm bands settle. The paper further notes that the airlines across the Northeast had pre-emptively canceled 5,200 flights as of Monday morning.

Statewide travel bans were put in place in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

For more on this story including the status of the status of airports, trains, schools and other services in the New York area, click HERE.