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Winter Storm Rakes East Coast, Bringing Snow To Florida, Georgia, Carolinas

The storm, which is being called a bomb cyclone by meteorologists, was also bringing bitterly cold temperatures to the region.

Snow fell as far south as Florida on Wednesday as a major winter storm — being called a bomb cyclone by forecasters — ran up the U.S. East Coast, bringing frigid temperatures to parts of the country that normally do not experience such conditions.

States of emergency have been declared by the governors of Florida,

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