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Snow, freezing rain pummel mid-Atlantic while California prepares for likely flooding

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Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected to continue pummeling the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic states.

Heavy snowfall — up to nearly 14 inches ( 25 centimeters ) — was expected in parts of Virginia and West Virginia .

An atmospheric river — a long band of water vapor that can transport moisture from the tropics to more northern areas — is expected to move in late Wednesday .

By Tuesday night , nearly 12,000 people in Virginia had lost power, according to PowerOutage.us.

Midweek wind chill readings could dip to 10 degrees (minus 12 Celsius) in Portland , the weather service said. The atmospheric river was expected to arrive in California starting late Wednesday and to peak Thursday , according to Miles Bliss , a meteorologist with the National Weather Service . Along with flooding, heavy snowfall was expected in the Sierra Nevada . More than 700,000 sandbags have been arranged across central and Southern California , according to the California Department of Water Resources . ___ Associated Press journalists from across the U.S. contributed to this report..

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