Residents in nine northeastern states are preparing for what forecasters say could be the most powerful winter storm to hit the region in 25 years.
Major Snowstorm Threatens Northeastern US
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A pedestrian walks into wind-driven snow in Boston, Massachusetts, Feb. 8, 2013.
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Firefighters load salt onto a container in the back of their truck at a Sanitation Department depot in New York, Feb. 8, 2013.
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Rasmus Thomsen of Denmark works on his computer as he waits at Boston Logan International Airport after flights were cancelled or delayed due to a massive winter storm, in Boston, Massachusetts Feb. 8, 2013.
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Andre Tranchemantague, left, and Will Guerette, ski on a snow-covered road in Portland, Maine, Feb. 8, 2013.
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Jack Percoco of Cambridge, Massachusetts, reaches into depleted shelves for milk at a supermarket in Somerville, Massachusetts, Feb. 8, 2013.