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West Chester, Pa. – Snow is piling up fast across eastern Pennsylvania and parts of northeastern Maryland early Monday, with bursts of 1 to 3 inches per hour cutting visibility to near zero and turning major highways into slow-moving parking lots ahead of the morning commute.
According to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, a Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 6 p.m. Monday for Eastern and Western Chester, Western Montgomery, Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania, along with Kent County, Maryland. An additional 3 to 5 inches is expected in Chester and Montgomery counties, with up to 4 inches across the Lehigh Valley and about 2 inches in Kent County. Wind gusts between 40 and 45 mph will drive blowing and drifting snow and may snap tree limbs…