• Alexis Deschenes walks along Main Street in Acushnet, Massachusetts, as snow begins to fall in the South Coast area. Mike Valeri / AP Photo / Standard Times
    Alexis Deschenes walks along Main Street in Acushnet, Massachusetts, as snow begins to fall in the South Coast area. Mike Valeri / AP Photo / Standard Times
  • A snowplow drives through Times Square following road closures in New York City. Alex Trautwig / Getty Images / AFP
    A snowplow drives through Times Square following road closures in New York City. Alex Trautwig / Getty Images / AFP
  • A man stands on skis in Times Square. Alex Trautwig / Getty Images / AFP
    A man stands on skis in Times Square. Alex Trautwig / Getty Images / AFP
  • A man stands in falling snow on West 42nd street. Mike Segar / Reuters
    A man stands in falling snow on West 42nd street. Mike Segar / Reuters
  • Pedestrians walk through Boston Common. Brian Snyder / Reuters
    Pedestrians walk through Boston Common. Brian Snyder / Reuters
  • Diane Hunter of New Bedford, picks up some last minute items at King’s Highway Stop & Shop. Mike Valeri / AP Photo / Standard Times
    Diane Hunter of New Bedford, picks up some last minute items at King’s Highway Stop & Shop. Mike Valeri / AP Photo / Standard Times
  • The Statue of Liberty is seen in the background as a man commutes on the Staten Island ferry. Elizabeth Shafiroff / Reuters
    The Statue of Liberty is seen in the background as a man commutes on the Staten Island ferry. Elizabeth Shafiroff / Reuters
  • A couple watch a dog playing in the snow during in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan. Elizabeth Shafiroff / Reuters
    A couple watch a dog playing in the snow during in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan. Elizabeth Shafiroff / Reuters
  • People cross a street covered in snow in New York’s Times Square. Jewel Samad / AFP Photo
    People cross a street covered in snow in New York’s Times Square. Jewel Samad / AFP Photo
  • The skyline of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge is seen in falling snow as seagulls fly above the East River and New York Harbor. Stephanie Keith / Reuters
    The skyline of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge is seen in falling snow as seagulls fly above the East River and New York Harbor. Stephanie Keith / Reuters
  • Manhattan resident Jerry Risner lies in the middle of 7th Ave as he has his photographed by his friend PJ Chernick during a snow storm in Times Square. Adrees Latif / Reuters
    Manhattan resident Jerry Risner lies in the middle of 7th Ave as he has his photographed by his friend PJ Chernick during a snow storm in Times Square. Adrees Latif / Reuters
  • People walk along a sidewalk in Hoboken, New Jersey. Michael Bocchieri / Getty Images / AFP
    People walk along a sidewalk in Hoboken, New Jersey. Michael Bocchieri / Getty Images / AFP

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US Blizzard - in pictures

The National staff ​

January 27, 2015

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Cities from Boston to New York and Philadelphia were shutting down Tuesday against a monster storm that could unload about a metre of snow on a region of more than 35 million people.

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