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Saturday, February 21

Good morning Wypierdalaj,

All eyes are on the forecast this morning as we track a nor'easter that could bring over a foot of snow to parts of Massachusetts Sunday into Monday -- along with wind gusts up to 60 mph. We're also following the recovery of a man's body on Cape Cod after he and his wife fell through the ice while walking their dog last weekend, plus devastating news out of Utah where a Massachusetts girl died while on a family vacation. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are your headlines.

Heads up! We’re tracking a nor’easter that could bring heavy snow (we’re talking a foot or more), and strong gusty winds (we’re talking 60mph) Sunday into Monday.

We’ve started the weekend with a few lingering snow showers and flurries around Greater Boston as an area of low pressure tracks away from New England. A few flurries could even develop this evening here and there as a trough swings by. Otherwise, we’ll see a lot of clouds on this Saturday. High temperatures will be in the mid 30s. Highs will remain in the mid 30s on Sunday under mostly cloudy skies.

Then, our attention turns to an impactful nor’easter that moves toward our area Sunday evening into Monday.

A girl from Massachusetts died in an avalanche while on vacation with her family in Utah on Thursday, officials said Friday.

Madelyn Eitas, 11, was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition after her brother located her amid a frantic search near Brighton Ski Resort, according to Salt Lake City area police, but she later died.

The avalanche was reported about 12:29 p.m. on Thursday, and more than 20 civilians helped the family and Wasatch Backcountry Rescue look for the girl, according to police. When the Rochester, Massachusetts, girl was found, rescue workers used advanced life-saving efforts, but she wasn’t able to be flown to a hospital because of flight risks in the area.

A man’s body has been found nearly a week after he and his wife fell through the ice while walking their dog on First Encounter Beach in Eastham, Massachusetts.

Eastham police said in an update Friday that they had located the body of Gerard Boucher around 9:30 a.m. following an additional extensive search operation at Bee’s River.

The 72-year-old’s body was discovered in a marsh area about half a mile to the northeast of the Bee’s River parking lot, according to police, who said ice conditions had significantly subsided, allowing for a much easier search by land at mid-morning low tide.

A Boston College alum has been identified as one of the victims of a deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California.

Kate Vitt was one of the nine skiers who was missing following Tuesday’s avalanche. Eight were found dead, and one remains missing. Six were rescued as heavy snow fell across the Sierra Nevada.

Vitt was part of a 15-person group on a two-night backcountry trip. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office previously said the group of skiers made up of guides and clients were in the Castle Peak area near Truckee when the avalanche struck at about 11:30 a.m.

Plans to convert a warehouse in Merrimack, New Hampshire, into an immigrant processing center are drawing opposition from local officials and some residents, while raising questions about what state leaders knew and when.

The 300,000-square-foot building located at 50 Robert Milligan Parkway could be repurposed by the Department of Homeland Security as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility with up to 600 beds.

Town Manager Paul Macali said local officials were not informed early in the process.

The U.S. men’s hockey team sits one win away from its first gold medal since “The Miracle on Ice.”

Team USA dominated Slovakia in the semifinal matchup Friday, winning 6-2 at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena to advance to the gold-medal game against Canada.

It’s the first appearance in the men’s hockey final for the U.S. since 2010, which the team lost to Canada to take silver in its last appearance on the Olympic podium.