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The National Weather Service has placed Ocean City under a winter storm watch. A winter storm is expected to impact the area beginning the afternoon of Saturday, January 31 through the morning of Sunday, February 1.

Amid heavy snowfall and worsening conditions, many Milford residents are making a final dash to stores for last-minute essentials before the storm fully sets in. As snow blankets the region, shoppers are braving the elements to ensure they have what they need to ride out the second major winter storm of the season.