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                        Blizzard Shuts Down US Northeast

   by VOA News

   The northeastern U.S., including the cities of New York and Boston, is
   all but shut down as a ferocious blizzard blankets the region.
   Wind gusts of well over 100 kilometers per hour blew through the region
   overnight, with 60 centimeters of snow predicted for much of the area.
   Boston could get 75 centimeters of snow or more by the time the storm
   moves out to sea later Saturday.
   Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses have lost power.
   Thousands of flights have been canceled and the Boston and New York
   airports are closed.  No trains are being allowed in or out of Boston
   and New York.  The streets are quiet, with driving bans and other
   restrictions in place for much of the region.  The National Weather
   Service says travel will be perilous if not impossible.
   The governors of New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and
   Maine have declared states of emergency.
   Conditions during the height of the storm are predicted to be deadly
   with temperatures below freezing, powerful wind gusts and almost no
   visibility.
   The winter storm comes with the states of New York and New Jersey still
   not fully recovered from October's superstorm Sandy.
   Forecasters say this new storm could rival the 1978 blizzard that
   buried Boston under 70 centimeters of snow and crippled New England for
   days.
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