A group of friends from Blacksburg’s Young Life chapter took to the streets to tryout sliding on lunch trays, sleds and their shoes during a winter storm, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Matt Gentry / The Roanoke Times via AP
A group of friends from Blacksburg’s Young Life chapter took to the streets to tryout sliding on lunch trays, sleds and their shoes during a winter storm, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Matt Gentry / The Roanoke Times via AP
Headstones are nearly covered by snow at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down the nation’s capital and its largest city. Alex Brandon / AP
Headstones are nearly covered by snow at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down the nation’s capital and its largest city. Alex Brandon / AP
Firefighters help push a stuck car after Winter Storm Jonas in Washington, DC. The deadly blizzard blanketed the eastern United States in near-record amounts of snow Saturday, shutting down New York and Washington in a colossal storm expected to affect more than 85 million people. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
Firefighters help push a stuck car after Winter Storm Jonas in Washington, DC. The deadly blizzard blanketed the eastern United States in near-record amounts of snow Saturday, shutting down New York and Washington in a colossal storm expected to affect more than 85 million people. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
People use a wall surrounding the Washington Monument to walk above the snow after a snowstorm in Washington, DC. More than 4,400 flights were cancelled as the mega-storm brought airports in New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore to a halt, shuttered transport in the US capital and prompted New York officials to issue a sweeping travel ban. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
People use a wall surrounding the Washington Monument to walk above the snow after a snowstorm in Washington, DC. More than 4,400 flights were cancelled as the mega-storm brought airports in New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore to a halt, shuttered transport in the US capital and prompted New York officials to issue a sweeping travel ban. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
A woman walks along a street in the East Falls section of Philadelphia on Saturday. A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers. Alejandro A Alvarez / The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP
A woman walks along a street in the East Falls section of Philadelphia on Saturday. A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers. Alejandro A Alvarez / The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP
A man operates a snow blower near the Brooklyn Bridge in the borough of Brooklyn in New York on Saturday. Peter Morgan / AP
A man operates a snow blower near the Brooklyn Bridge in the borough of Brooklyn in New York on Saturday. Peter Morgan / AP
Harrison Feind of Boulder, Colorado, takes a selfie with a snowman in front of the White House in Washington. A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down the nation’s capital and its largest city. Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP
Harrison Feind of Boulder, Colorado, takes a selfie with a snowman in front of the White House in Washington. A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down the nation’s capital and its largest city. Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP
Residents clear snow from their car during a heavy snow fall in Arlington, Virginia. Heavy snow continued to fall in the Mid-Atlantic region causing ‘life-threatening blizzard conditions’ and affecting millions of people. Win McNamee / Getty Images / AFP
Residents clear snow from their car during a heavy snow fall in Arlington, Virginia. Heavy snow continued to fall in the Mid-Atlantic region causing ‘life-threatening blizzard conditions’ and affecting millions of people. Win McNamee / Getty Images / AFP
People pitch in to get a DC Metro police car moving again on 18th Street NW, Saturday, in Washington. Alex Brandon / AP
People pitch in to get a DC Metro police car moving again on 18th Street NW, Saturday, in Washington. Alex Brandon / AP

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‘Snowzilla’ wreaks havoc on US - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

January 24, 2016

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A near record blizzard smothered the eastern United States on Saturday, shutting down New York and Washington in a colossal storm that left 15 people dead and affected some 85 million residents.

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