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Many Parts Of The U.S. Got A White Christmas. Erie Got More

The northwest Pennsylvania storm started on Christmas Eve and has since shattered state and local records — more than 4 feet of snow in 30 hours, and it's still going.
More than 4 feet of snow fell on Erie, Pa., over a 30-hour period.

A white Christmas came to parts of the United States. But in northwest Pennsylvania, the skies really packed a wallop.

NPR education reporter Elissa Nadworny went home to Erie for the weekend and found herself in the middle of an epic snowstorm when the lake

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