Weather

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Pedestrians walk through a snowstorm in Lewiston, Maine, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. A blustery late-season storm is hitting the Northeast, closing schools and prompting dire warnings to stay off the roads. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Winds whip through a downtown street as a pedestrian shovels a path for a snowed-in car during a snowstorm in Lewiston, Maine, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. A blustery late-season storm is hitting the Northeast, closing schools and prompting dire warnings to stay off the roads. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Tuesday was supposed to have been the first day of the cherry blossoms' peak bloom. Instead, snow and freezing rain covered the prized cherry trees. (National Park Service)

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Pedestrians use the crosswalk at U Street in lighter than normal traffic in the District on Tuesday. A storm of snow and freezing rain covered most of the region. (Associated Press)

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Snow covers the ground outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. A late-season storm is dumping a messy mix of snow, sleet and rain on the mid-Atlantic, complicating travel, knocking out power and closing schools and government offices around the region.. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Paul Hammer of Ledgecrest Greenhouses changes the numbers off days remaining until spring on a sign in front of his nursery in Mansfield, Conn., Tuesday, March 14, 2017. A storm pounded the Northeast with more than a foot of snow in places Tuesday, paralyzing much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor after a remarkably mild February had lulled people into thinking the worst of winter was over. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP)

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Brian Saiz walks "Lady" along Little Plain green on Broadway in Norwich, Conn., as a winter storm hits the region Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)

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Rob Desmarais clears snow with a shovel at the Rite Aid Plaza in Plymouth, Conn., during the latest snow storm to hit the East Coast on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Mike Orazzi/The Bristol Press via AP)

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Rob Desmarais clears snow at the Rite Aid Plaza in Plymouth, Conn., during the latest snow storm to hit the East Coast on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Mike Orazzi/The Bristol Press via AP)

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A lone motorist passes through the snow falling on Courthouse Square in downtown Norwich, Conn., as a winter storm strikes the region Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)

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Lance Simmons clears snow at the Rite Aid Plaza in Plymouth, Conn., during the latest snow storm hit the East Coast on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Mike Orazzi/The Bristol Press via AP)

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Michelle Fleming and her son Tyler play outside in the latest snow storm on Spruce Street in Bristol, Conn., on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Mike Orazzi/The Bristol Press via AP)

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Snow removal along Main Street by Bristol Public Works during the a late winter snow storm on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Bristol, Conn. (Mike Orazzi /The Bristol Press via AP)

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Jayce Petrucci, 10, gives his shovelful of snow a heave as he and Linda Dick clear the walk to their apartment building on Broadway in Norwich, Conn., as a winter storm blankets the region in snow Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)