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94 million Americans affected by latest winter storm

Xinhua, March 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

A new powerful winter storm moving across the eastern U.S. is bringing heavy snow from parts of the Ohio Valley to the Northeast on Thursday and puts 94 million people under Winter Storm Warning or Winter Weather Advisory, U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) said.

In Washington D.C., the federal government announced that it offices would be closed due to an expected heavy snowfall. In a statement, the Office of Personnel Management said that non- emergency employees were granted excused absence for the day.

The House of Representatives and the Senate also cancelled their sessions due to the adverse weather condition.

Governor of Alabama, West Virginia, Mississippi and New Jersey had already declared states of emergency.

The NWS also warned that flooding could occur across the lower Ohio Valley and western Mid-Atlantic regions. Endite