The Federal Emergency Management Agency has abruptly halted ongoing terminations of hundreds of disaster workers as the agency prepares for an enormous winter storm expected to pound a large swath of the country in the coming days.

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Amazon is eliminating 16,000 positions, company officials said Wednesday, just months after announcing job cuts affecting 14,000 roles in October. This new round of layoffs was a way to "strengthen our organization by reducing layers,