Mammoth Snowstorm Pummels Winter-weary US East Coast

A powerful winter storm pummeled the U.S. East Coast on Monday, snarling travel, shutting down federal offices in Washington and closing schools and local governments throughout the area. The latest in a series of winter fronts that have hammered the region, the storm is expected to dump up to 9 inches (23 cm) of snow on the U.S. capital as it sweeps from the Mississippi Valley to the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic states, the National Weather Service said. Temperatures were expected to be...

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