Four states were hidden under snow squalls amid a flurry of intense storms hitting the Northeast on Saturday, prompting a warning from the National Weather Service.

Parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey were blanketed with snow that got so intense it was hard to see. The rare “snow squall” is considered “one of the most dangerous winter phenomena” by the National Weather Service.

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