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
![A pedestrian walks into wind-driven snow in Boston, Massachusetts, Feb. 8, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/528a52ca-d213-4913-b70a-5d576d08971b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pedestrian walks into wind-driven snow in Boston, Massachusetts, Feb. 8, 2013.
![Firefighters load salt onto a container in the back of their truck at a Sanitation Department depot in New York, Feb. 8, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bb905174-4683-419e-b937-cc7860443553_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.voanews.com/77ee1334-e4ec-438e-b0c5-b3621968088f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![Andre Tranchemantague, left, and Will Guerette, ski on a snow-covered road in Portland, Maine, Feb. 8, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a111a141-1c7c-4193-b05b-cb97ef22b57b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Andre Tranchemantague, left, and Will Guerette, ski on a snow-covered road in Portland, Maine, Feb. 8, 2013.
![Jack Percoco of Cambridge, Massachusetts, reaches into depleted shelves for milk at a supermarket in Somerville, Massachusetts, Feb. 8, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/6486a5ba-08bd-41c9-9122-00ce27b49464_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jack Percoco of Cambridge, Massachusetts, reaches into depleted shelves for milk at a supermarket in Somerville, Massachusetts, Feb. 8, 2013.