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Monster winter storm to slam millions with ice and heavy snow

A massive winter storm is set to impact tens of millions of Americans with catastrophic ice, heavy snow, and bitter cold, forcing airlines to cancel flights, utilities to warn of outages, and states to declare emergencies as crews brace for widespread disruption

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235 million - Americans in the projected path of the major winter storm

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"We have a lot of ships" — President Donald Trump

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Monster winter storm to slam millions with ice and heavy snow

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"Record Cold Wave expected to hit 40 States. Rarely seen anything like it before. Could the Environmental Insurrectionists please explain — WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING???"