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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Travel bans and near-whiteout conditions are unfolding across parts of the East Coast as Winter Storm Hernado rapidly intensifies into a bomb cyclone, slamming the Mid-Atlantic and New England with heavy snow and damaging winds through Monday night.
According to the National Weather Service, blizzard warnings stretch from eastern Long Island and coastal Connecticut through New York City, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, where snowfall totals between 17 and 24 inches are expected. Wind gusts could reach 60 to 70 mph along the coast, dropping visibility below a quarter mile and creating life-threatening travel conditions. Officials across several states are urging residents to stay off the roads, with some local travel restrictions already in effect…