Meanwhile, the northern Midwest has received heavy snow this month, and concerns are turning to what happens when it melts and makes its way into tributaries of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
Snow and sleet blasted the Northeast on Tuesday, where some places received over a foot of snow.
Wichita has received 21 inches of snow in February, breaking a record that had stood for 100 years, the National Weather Service said.
Oklahoma City received a dusting of snow from a large storm system that has been moving eastward through the nation's midsection this week.
In 2003, as more than a foot of snow covered the ground, Yale students received an email saying class was canceled.
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Some Albany suburbs also received nearly 10 inches of snow, while there was as much as 11 inches in parts of Columbia County near the Connecticut line.
Pakistan's meteorological department chief, Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, said some parts of the country had received the heaviest rain and snow in seven years, the Associated Press news agency reports.
The town received 100 of the 300 pieces of snow-removal equipment loaded to Long Island towns from the New York state Department of Transportation, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City and Westchester County, said Vanessa Baird-Streeter, Suffolk County spokeswoman.
The city has received 12 centimeters (4.7 inches) of snow in the past 12 hours, according to CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller.
It said "more than a dozen" emergency calls had been received over the weekend on behalf of people injured while riding in the snow.
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