Plows struggled to clear Manhattan's sweeping avenues, where parked cars were buried under the snow and people coming out to enjoy the weather walked in place of normally bustling traffic. As beautiful as some of the photos are of the snow falling. "Safety is our number one priority," Cuomo told reporters. Strong winds are causing coastal flooding concerns for a large portion of the East Coast, the National Weather Forecast (NWS) warned, and thousands of motorists were stranded for hours on portions of ice-coated highway in the south. Metro and bus networks were shut down in Washington for the entire weekend, and largely shut in Philadelphia and New Jersey on Saturday. State Governor Andrew Cuomo closed all roads in New York, America's financial and entertainment capital home to 8.4 million, Long Island, and bridges and tunnels west to New Jersey.īus services were suspended at noon, and overland commuter and subway trains in and out of Manhattan were shut from 4:00 pm (2100 GMT) as Broadway cancelled performances, museums closed and shops shuttered. More than 4,400 flights were cancelled as the mega-storm ground 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.Īt least 10 people died in North Carolina, Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia, while more than 200,000 people were left without power and 2,200 National Guard personnel were drafted in across 12 states.įorecasters said the storm - dubbed "Snowzilla" - would last into Sunday with two feet (60 centimeters) expected in Washington and 20 inches expected in New York, making it one of the Big Apple's five biggest blizzards in history. People walk on Pennsylvania Avenue in near whiteout conditions in Washington DC, on January 23, 2016
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