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Northeast seeing heavy rain and winds as storms that walloped much of US roll through region

Source: Omaha World-Herald

A storm packing high winds and heavy rain was sweeping through the Northeast early Wednesday, while wild winter weather elsewhere brought tornadoes and deadly accidents in the Midwest and South, flood threats in Florida and blizzards in the Northwest.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy already declared a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon and New York City officials evacuated nearly 2,000 migrants housed at a sprawling tent complex ahead of predicted wind speeds that could top 70 mph (112 kph) at times.

In Maine, Gov. Janet Mills delayed the opening of all state offices until noon Wednesday due to the storm.

The National Weather Service warned of possible major flooding in

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