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Biggest blizzard in years blankets US east coast

February 03, 2021 08:31 IST

A massive winter storm has pummelled the United States' east coast, grounding flights, shuttering vaccination sites in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York and affecting 60 million people.

A man skis through the East Village during a snow storm, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters
 

A pedestrian walks past snow-covered taxis during the snow storm in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Completed snowmen rest along a stairway at the Lincoln Memorial during a snow storm in Washington. Photograph: Tom Brenner/Reuters

Snowploughs remove snow from the Times Square during the snow storm in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

A man runs in Riverside Park during the winter storm on the upper west side of Manhattan in New York City. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Snow chains are seen on a bus' tire during a snow storm in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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