‘Snowzilla’ wreaks havoc on US - in pictures

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

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

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

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

People pitch in to get a DC Metro police car moving again on 18th Street NW, Saturday, in Washington. Alex Brandon / AP

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.