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A developing nor'easter off the Mid-Atlantic coast is expected to rapidly intensify Sunday night into Monday, with about 35 million people under blizzard warnings and roughly 65 million under weather alerts as the storm tracks up the Northeast. The worst conditions are anticipated overnight Sunday into Monday, with forecasts of heavy snow—potentially a foot or more in parts of the Delaware-to-SE Massachusetts corridor—alongside travel disruptions and school closures across the region.
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