A swathe of the US eastern seaboard is being engulfed in a
winter storm dumping heavy snow as it sweeps north.
Hundreds of domestic and international flights have been cancelled and severe weather warnings are in place from Georgia to Vermont as temperatures continue to plummet.
Blizzards dropping up to 1ft (31cm) of snow are hitting New York and parts of New England.
South Carolina had its first Christmas snow since records began in 1887.
Transport officials in Washington DC deployed 200 salting lorries, snow ploughs and other equipment. However, by Sunday afternoon the city seemed to have missed the worst of the storm.
Up to 20in of snow were expected in some areas, including Philadelphia.
Blizzard warnings were in effect for Rhode Island and most of eastern Massachusetts including Boston. Forecasters were predicting more than 1ft of snow from midday on Sunday onwards.
The National Weather Service said the monster storm was the result of a low pressure system off North Carolina's coast which was moving north-east and intensifying.
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