WASHINGTON: A late winter storm blanketed the eastern United States with snow Wednesday, shutting down the federal government and causing aviation officials to cancel more than 1,000 flights.
The US Office of Personnel Management said federal workers in Washington and the surrounding areas would get the day off from work due to the storm, which set snowfall records in Chicago one day earlier. The streets of the nation's capital were eerily quiet as a result.
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