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Utility crews are making headway as they try to restore power following a winter storm that pounded the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.

A major nor'easter is expected to bring blizzard conditions to interior New England and heavy rain and near-hurricane-force wind gusts to Northeastern coastal areas Wednesday through Friday.

Officials issued new evacuation orders this morning as a Ventura County wildfire grew to nearly 8,500 acres.

Officials in Drew County are going house-to-house in and around Monticello, Ark., where numerous trees were blown onto trailers and frame homes.

Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was among 12 people injured when 64 mph winds — just shy of tornado strength — ripped through the roof of the team’s indoor practice facility during a rookie minicamp Saturday.

Wild winds with gusts topping 60 mph blew from the Great Lakes to the East Coast Thursday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, disrupting travel and killing at least four people.