White House Signs Pennsylvania Emergency Declaration

EXTREME WEATHER AND CLIMATIC EVENTS
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Severe Winter Storm in Pennsylvania Prompts Federal Emergency Declaration

The White House has declared an emergency in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania due to the emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning on February 4, 2014, and continuing.

Areas worst affected by the severe winter storm are the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and York.

The storm knocked power to nearly a million homes and businesses in Pennsylvania , according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.

“The storm that we had yesterday is pretty much done for Pennsylvania,” said a forecaster with the National Weather Service in State College, Pennsylvania.

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