15 dead as colossal blizzard shuts down eastern US

Heather Boos of Falls Church, Virginia, digs out her car as a blizzard hits the US east coast January 23, 2016. Photo: Reuters/ Kevin Lamarque
A mirror is all that can be seen of a snow covered car in Falls Church, Virginia, as a blizzard hits the US east coast January 23, 2016. Photo: Reuters/ Kevin Lamarque
Snow covers cars parked in Washington, DC of US on January 23, 2016. Photo: AFP
People walk on Pennsylvania Avenue in near whiteout conditions in Washington DC, of US on January 23, 2016. Photo: AFP
Pedestrians walk past a person on skis during a winter snow storm in the Washington suburb of Takoma Park, Maryland January 23, 2016. A winter storm dumped nearly 2 feet (58 cm) of snow on the suburbs of Washington, DC on Saturday before moving on to Philadelphia and New York, paralyzing road, rail and airline travel along the US East Coast. Photo: Reuters/ Jim Bourg
Snow plows clean streets in downtown Washington, DC on January 23, 2016. Photo: AFP
A worker cleans a snow covered street in Times Square on January 23, 2016 in New York, US. Photo: AFP
People ride a sled on the snow-covered grounds of the US Capitol in Washington January 23, 2016. Thick snow covered the Washington, DC area on Saturday as a potentially record-breaking blizzard paralyzed road, rail and airline travel on the US East Coast from North Carolina to New York. Photo: Reuters/ Jonathan Ernst
A man runs with his dog along a street covered by snow during a winter storm in Washington January 23, 2016. A winter storm dumped nearly 2 feet (58 cm) of snow on the suburbs of Washington, DC, on Saturday before moving on to Philadelphia and New York, paralyzing road, rail and airline travel along the US East Coast. Photo: Reuters/ Carlos Barria
A couple poses for a photo on a snow pile during a snow storm in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York, January 23, 2016. Photo: Reuters/ Carlo Allegri
At least 15 people die and some 85 million residents are affected in a near record blizzard which smothers the eastern United States, shutting down New York and Washington in a colossal storm. In the AFP photo taken on January 23, 2016 a homeless man shelters from snow in New York's Central Park.
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