The winter storms wreaking havoc with the lives of people in much of the country also are causing damage to state and city budgets.

States and cities are running low on money and supplies to deal with the storms, according to Time. Governments now have to utilize emergency money or ask for more funds to finance snow removal and salting of roads.

Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and cities including Chicago and Philadelphia already have run through their snow-removal budgets or soon will, according to The Fiscal Times.

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The same is true on Long Island, N.Y., where "taxpayers may have to make up the difference next year through their tax bill," Newsday reported.

In Michigan, some legislators say an extra $100 million must be given to towns, cities and counties, because they have already blown through their snow-removal budgets, according to The Detroit News.

In New Jersey, officials warn that a salt shortage may force a closure of major roads, Time noted.

The state is trying to get a waiver from the federal government so that a barge can bring salt to New Jersey from Maine.

The hits are coming to states and cities just as they are repairing their budgets from the 2007-09 recession.

"Cities are already in a place of fiscal limitation," James Brooks, director of city solutions for the National League of Cities, told The Fiscal Times. "The margins for them were small to deliver the services they wanted."

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