By Sky News US Team
A "potentially historic" storm could dump as much as 3ft (90cm) of snow on the Northeast and snarl transportation for tens of millions of people.
Officials have told residents to prepare for the worst, and airlines have cancelled thousands of flights.
Snow fell during the morning commute in several cities, including Philadelphia and New York, and flurries have begun in Boston.
The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for a 250-mile stretch of the Northeast.
This began at 1pm EST (6pm UK time), and conditions are expected to worsen.
The NWS has warned of two days of winter storms across the region, from Pennsylvania to Maine.
Sky's Hannah Thomas-Peter in New York said: "Very unusually the National Weather Service have used extremely strong language, saying that this blizzard could be life-threatening, it could cripple major cities across the North East coast.
"The NWS has said categorically that travel, this evening, overnight and in the morning when the conditions are due to be at their worst, will be life-threatening."
Mayor Bill de Blasio has warned residents to be prepared, telling them: "This could be the biggest snowstorm in the history of this city.
"My message to New Yorkers is to prepare for something worse than we have seen before".
All public schools in the city are closed with around 30in (76cm) of snow expected.
Winds of up to 55mph (88kph) are also predicted, raising the prospect of power outages caused by trees falling on power lines.
This has prompted New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to declare a state of emergency for New York City and suburban areas to the north and east.
The storm "should not be taken lightly", and "could affect health and safety", he said.
States of emergency have also been declared in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The National Weather Service called the system a "crippling and potentially historic blizzard", with many areas along the East Coast expected to be blanketed by heavy snowfall.
About 6,500 flights have been cancelled because of the bad weather, according to the plane tracking site FlightAware.
A further 1,700 have been delayed.
Most major airlines are allowing customers whose flights are cancelled in the next few days to book new flights without paying a penalty.
In Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker warned residents to prepare for roads that are "very hard, if not impossible, to navigate", as well as power outages and possibly a lack of public transportation.
Boston is expected to get up to 24in (60cm) of snow, and Philadelphia could see up to a foot (30cm), the weather service said.
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