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A winter storm is set to sweep across the country on Wednesday and into Thursday, bringing a mixture of sleet, snow, freezing rain and possible flooding to the Plains, the Northeast, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic, CNN reports. More than 117 million people nationwide are currently under a winter weather watch, warning or advisory, and nearly 20 million in the Southeast are facing potential flooding. According to CNN, the wintry mix will likely be the result of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico combining with a colder storm system leaving the Rockies Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The heaviest snow is slated to hit Omaha, Nebraska; Des Moines, Iowa; and Minneapolis, where up to 10 inches is expected to fall. Baltimore and Washington are likely to see 4 to 6 inches of snow and sleet, and Philadelphia and New York City are expected to get 2 to 3 inches by Wednesday afternoon. Flood and flash flood watches will extend from northern Alabama and Mississippi northward to West Virginia, CNN reports, with 2 to 4 inches of rain likely to fall across the region. Memphis and Nashville will see even higher amounts of rain, with 5 to 7 inches expected through the end of the week.
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