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Maritimers faced snow, ice and wild winds on Tuesday morning as New Yorkers dug themselves out from a winter storm that dumped snow across the U.S. Northeast overnight.

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A pedestrian crosses a street as a major winter storm hits in Halifax.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

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A man walks in downtown Charlottetown during a snow storm. Flights were cancelled and schools, government offices and universities throughout the Maritimes were closed as a powerful winter storm unleashed stiff winds and brought heavy snowfall to the region.John Morris/The Canadian Press

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A plow clears the Grand Parade as a major winter storm hits Halifax.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

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A taxi is taken away after being involved in a minor collision during a snow storm in Moncton.Marc Grandmaison/The Canadian Press

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Busses navigate in downtown Charlottetown during a snow storm. Flights were cancelled and schools, government offices and universities throughout the Maritimes were closed as a powerful winter storm unleashed stiff winds and brought heavy snowfall to the region.John Morris/The Canadian Press

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A car slowly makes it way on I-95 in New Haven, Connecticut.Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters

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Snow is seen piled up on a snowbank in the Suffolk County town of Dix Hills, New York.Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

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Water floods a street on the coast in Scituate, Mass.Michael Dwyer/The Associated Press

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A man clears snow from the sidewalk on Nevada Street in Winthrop, Massachusetts.Darren McCollester/Getty Images

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A United States flag is seen through a rain soaked window in the snow covered Suffolk County town of Dix Hills, New York.Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

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Women take a selfie as they stand amidst snow in Times Square, New York City.Adrees Latif/Reuters

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Bianca Hillier, left, of Columbus, Ohio, and Eloise Pollard of London take advantage of a snowtorm travel ban to do something they never envisioned: making snow angels on a normally busy stretch of Manhattans Tenth Avenue at West 34th Street in New York.Jennifer Peltz/The Associated Press

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A man clears a path with a snowblower during a snowstorm in Windsor Locks, Conn.Jessica Hill/The Associated Press

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A man uses a snow blower near Park Avenue after a snowstorm hit New York.STAN HONDA/AFP / Getty Images

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Jennifer Rice and Mike Femia battle wind-driven snow as they make their way to their jobs at a pharmaceutical lab, as seen through a window in downtown Portland, Maine.Robert F. Bukaty/The Associated Press

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A person cross country skiis through Central Park after a snowstorm hit New York.Stan Honda/AFP / Getty Images

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People walk on a deserted Lexington Avenue during what is normally a crowed morning rush hour after a snowstorm hit New York.Stan Honda/AFP / Getty Images

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