Plunging temperatures created icy conditions on roads and pavements across the northeastern US after a storm that blanketed the region with sleet and snow. The nor'easter paralysed much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor, but the snow fell short of the predicted volumes in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
Residents clear their cars and street of snow in Weehawken, New Jersey, with the Manhattan skyline in the distanceEduardo Munoz/Reuters
The storm, which followed a stretch of unusually mild winter weather, grounded more than 6,000 flights and knocked out power to nearly a quarter-million customers from Virginia northward. By the time it reached Massachusetts, it had turned into a blizzard, with near hurricane-force winds gusting to more than 70mph along the coast.
Plunging overnight temperatures threatened to turn the melting snow and sleet into a slippery mess, raising fears of black ice for morning motorists and pedestrians. IBTimes UK presents the best photos of the aftermath of the storm as the region wakes up to icy conditions.
A dog walks through a field of snow in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, New YorkSpencer Platt/Getty ImagesA father pulls his children in a sled through Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge, PennsylvaniaMark Makela/Getty ImagesSnow rises up to mailboxes outside Union Dale, PennsylvaniaBrett Carlsen/Getty ImagesA man clears a path with a snowblower in Stevens, PennsylvaniaMark Makela/Getty ImagesA lone snowshoer treks through in Camden, MaineSarah Rice/Getty ImagesSnow drifts are seen after heavy snowfalls at Elk Mountain Ski Resort in Union Dale, PennsylvaniaBrett Carlsen/Getty ImagesThe skyline of New York appears in the distance as people clean off snow on a dock in Jersey CityKena Betancur/AFPTwo men come to the rescue of a woman while crossing Broadway in New YorkDon Emmert/AFPBuoys float among sheets of ice in the harbour in Rockport, MaineSarah Rice/Getty ImagesWater swirls down a drain at the end of Beach Street in Sea Bright, New JerseyTom Brenner/Getty ImagesPeople cross the snow-covered Brooklyn Bridge in New YorkAngela Weiss/AFPA man snowboards on a snow-covered hill in Central Park in New YorkEric Baradat/AFPPeople take pictures with Wall Street's Fearless Girl statue standing in the snow in New YorkDon Emmert/AFPA visitor walks past the Washington Monument on the snow-covered National Mall in Washington DCBrendan Smialowski/AFPA visitor walks past the Reflecting Pool on the snow-covered National Mall in Washington, DCBrendan Smialowski/AFPA snow-covered statue of a woman holding a child is seen outside an art gallery on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, ConnecticutTimothy A Clary/AFPSnowploughs clear the runway at LaGuardia Airport in New YorkShannon Stapleton/ReutersA cherry tree with branches drooping with ice-covered blossoms is seen near the Potomac River in Washington, DCMandel Ngan/AFPA woman pulls a suitcase through snow on a street in New YorkJewel Samad/AFPA snow plough travels along a street in Greenwich, ConnecticutTimothy A Clary/AFPCars make their way along a snow-covered Interstate 95 near Greenwich, ConnecticutTimothy A Clary/AFPA man walks in Central Park as snow falls in Manhattan, New YorkAndrew Kelly/ReutersA man walks in Central Park as snow falls in Manhattan, New YorkAndrew Kelly/ReutersIce coats flowers that had already begun to blossom for spring, as frozen rain falls on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DCJonathan Ernst/ReutersTimes Square is seen in the background as a man walks along West 59th street in falling snow in Manhattan, New YorkAndrew Kelly/ReutersSnow covers a caged prison jumpsuit, part of an art installation protesting against the death penalty, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DCJonathan Ernst/ReutersTimes Square Public Safety Sergeant Baldwin Davis photographs the snow falling in New YorkAndrew Kelly/ReutersA worker clears snow in Times Square in Manhattan, New YorkAndrew Kelly/ReutersWorkers clear steps in Times Square as snow falls in Manhattan, New YorkAndrew Kelly/ReutersThe White House is seen in Washington, DC following a snowstormNicholas Kamm/AFPA homeless man bundled up in blankets sleeps in a doorway in Midtown Manhattan during a snowstorm in New YorkAFPA deserted metro station is seen at Madison Square Park at the foot of the Flatiron building in Manhattan, New YorkAFPThe Wall Street bull and the Fearless Girl statue are coated in snow in the Financial District of New YorkDrew Angerer/Getty ImagesA lone woman walks through the streets in a residential neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New YorkDrew Angerer/Getty Images
