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Emergency declared in several US states─── 07:12 Tue, 27 Jan 2015
New York - An emergency has been declared in several US states as a storm bringing hurricane-force winds and 90cm of snow barrels down on the north-east.
Boston, New York and Philadelphia began shutting down yesterday evening as the flurries began, with the worst ahead.
Non-emergency vehicles have been banned on New York City's 6,000 miles of roads after 23:00 local time.
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts have declared states of emergency and 50 million people are expected to wake up to a foot of snow this morning.
Six thousand five hundred flights in and out of airports along the East Coast have been cancelled and schools and businesses stopped early yesterday.
BBC
