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Blizzard floods Virginia North Carolina and California storm toll rises
A weekend storm dumped up to two feet of snow in Virginia and North Carolina while heavy rains and damaging winds battered southern California. At least 16 weather related deaths were reported. The National Guard was mobilized in Elizabeth City and all eastern North Carolina schools closed. Virginia declared emergencies in Portsmouth Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. Snowfall reached 15 inches in parts of West Virginia and as high as 18 inches in Virginia. Up to 60 people were stranded at the Scope Arena in Norfolk. Emergency shelters opened in churches and fire stations. Two men died in snowdrifts in Richmond. In California a strong wind damaged a block near downtown Los Angeles and a Monterey Park tornado was reported.
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