A snowstorm that looks like a blizzard hit this weekend, the East Coast of the United States, killing at least five people, disrupting transport in the region and depriving hundreds of thousands of users of electricity.
In Washington, where they did not rule out beating the record snowfall in 2003, the first record has been beaten to Reagan National Airport, with the largest snowfall in a single day in December : 40 centimeters of snow.
In a federal capital where a storm warning of snow was in force, fell to 60cm of snow in places and public transport was virtually at a standstill. Philadelphia also was covered by almost 59cm of snow. In terms of importance, the snowfall is the second largest since the statistics for that city in 1884. Medford, a suburb of Philadelphia, she was dressed in a white mantle of 60m thick.
And those who ventured out Saturday, the last before Christmas and usually one of the busiest days of the year, ended up in stores virtually empty when the Santas were bored with that person without getting caught photographed.
In Virginia, the National Guard was mobilized to assist in 4x4 motorists in difficulty, and about 500 people had to take cover in shelters emergency.
The snowy front moved slowly toward the northeast, meteorologists providing more than 41cm of snow by Sunday evening on the Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and up to 25cm in New York.
Alerts to the snowstorm that were in effect for parts of the State of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, while gusts up to 96km / h. Forty centimeters of snow were expected in parts of southern New England.
Back from Copenhagen, President Barack Obama landed on Andrews Air Force Base where the track had been cleared by snowplows before his arrival. He has won the White House by car, use of the helicopter is impossible due to weather conditions.
Most flights were canceled at Reagan Airport and Washington Dulles International, and those of Philadelphia. Some 800 flights were also canceled in the three major airports near New York