12 U.S. Cities Expected to Be Hit Hardest by Massive Winter Storm

According to The Washington Post's storm-impact ratings, the 12 cities expected to take the hardest hits are:

• New York City – 8/10

• Tupelo, Mississippi – 10/10 ("crippling" amounts of ice)

• Oklahoma City – 9/10

• Dallas/Fort Worth – 9/10

• Nashville, Tennessee – 9/10

• Cincinnati – 9/10

• Pittsburgh – 9/10

• Charlotte, North Carolina – 9/10

• Richmond, Virginia – 9/10

• Washington, D.C. area – 9/10

• Boston – 9/10

• Little Rock, Arkansas – 8/10