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Newfoundland continued to receive a battering Wednesday morning as the tail end of a winter storm moved across the island, bringing freezing rain and high winds to eastern regions and blizzard conditions to the northeast coast.
Environment Canada issued warnings for blizzard, winter storm, blowing snow and freezing rain on Wednesday morning for the island.
Many schools in the the Eastern School District outside the St. John's area remained closed Wednesday because of treacherous road and highway conditions.
The Trans-Canada Highway on the Avalon Peninsula is slippery with snow-covered, slushy sections.
More than 50 centimetres of snow fell in the central region during the two-day blizzard over Monday and Tuesday, and almost 40 cm hit eastern Newfoundland.
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