[Reuters] - NEW YORK/BOSTON, March 14 (Reuters) - A blizzard swept through the heavily populated northeastern United States on Tuesday, grounding flights, canceling classes and pummeling those who ventured out onto snow-bound streets. Some 50 million people from Pennsylvania to Maine faced a "rapidly intensifying nor'easter" that was unusual for striking so late in the winter, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The storm left Washington's celebrated cherry trees, a tourist attraction and an early herald of spring, encased in ice.
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