Thirty dead after historic blizzard rocks the East Coast
The storm's damage is estimated to cost up to $3 billion
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At least 30 people have died after a massive storm slammed the US East Coast over the weekend.
The damage is expected to cost businesses and residences more than $3 billion, according to Moody's Analytics, via CNN.
National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini originally estimated the storm would cost nearly $1 billion.
"It does have the potential to be an extremely dangerous storm that can affect more than 50 million people," Mr Uccellini said on Thursday.
State of emergencies were declared across 12 US states and Washington DC. The Associated Press compiled the following list of the storm's death toll.
Kentucky: 2, Maryland: 2, New Jersey: 2, New York: 5, North Carolina: 6, Ohio: 1, Pennsylvania: 1, Tennessee: 2, Virginia: 5, Washington DC: 1, Delaware: 1, South Carolina: 3.
The deaths were the result of automobile accidents, heart attacks while shoveling snow and carbon monoxide poisoning.
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