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Good morning, readers! The country is currently bracing for a winter storm that is expected to affect about 60% of the US population.
Over 200 million people are under various winter weather alerts for what the National Weather Service has described as a “once in a generation type event”.
“The ongoing major winter storm will continue to produce areas of heavy snow, strong winds, and life-threatening wind chills through Saturday. If traveling for the holiday, please use extreme caution and pay attention,” the NWS said on Friday.
Christmas travel is expected to be significantly impacted, with more than 3,100 flights within, in or out of the country already being cancelled on Friday. Over 350,000 homes and businesses were without power Friday morning.
We will be bringing you the latest updates on the storm throughout the day so do follow along.
