After bone-rattling cold, snow bomb to hit Boston, NY along US East Coast

On its current track, the storm will scrape the East Coast and dump snow from South Carolina to Maine and into Canada, with Boston and parts of Maine bearing the brunt

As if the deep freeze that’s sent temperatures plunging to all-time lows across the eastern half of the US weren’t enough, the region may get hit with a snow bomb.

Now that Boston has tied a 100-year-old record with seven days of highs below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, New York’s airports have registered new lows and Chicago has enjoyed its coldest New Year’s Day ever, a storm is set to race up the US East Coast on Thursday and dump snow along the way. Boston may see as much as 11 inches (28 centimetres), Manhattan could get 3, and Brooklyn and Queens