Major Snowstorm Hits US Northeast

Residents in the northeastern United States are digging out their homes and vehicles after the first major snowstorm of 2014 created havoc in the region. Officials say at least 11 deaths are blamed on the storm which swept across much of the nation's eastern half. While the snowfall has mostly ended, dangerously cold temperatures remain. Wind chill temperatures across a wide swath of the northeast have plummeted to around minus 20 degrees Celsius, prompting the National Weather Service...

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