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(2018·江西重点中学协作体联考)
A massive winter storm is expected to begin hitting Massachusetts tonight, dumping up to a foot or more of snow in some areas, while whipping the coast with powerful winds and driving rains, forecasters predict.
“It’s got a little bit of everything，” William Babcock, a meteorologist(气象学家) at the National Weather Service in Taunton, said of the postChristmas storm that brought snowstorm conditions to the Ohio Valley before heading east with its mixed bag of snow, sleet, and rain.
State Highway Administrator Frank De Paola said more than 4，000 states and snowplows(扫雪车) and salt spreaders were ready to make the roads safer for holiday travelers.
“MassDOT will be fully staffed and will be ready to handle this，” De Paola said, nothing that the storm, which should bring snow to most of the state except the Cape and Island before turning into rain tomorrow, is Massachusetts’ first significant snowstorm of this winter season.
