Parts of the US have been blanketed with nearly a foot of snow. Cities such as Chicago and Boston were hit while major airports like O'Hare International faced major disruption.The snowstorm brought chaos to the Midwest before moving into New England.Around 30cm of the white stuff fell on upstate New York, although New York city was spared.
Thousands of people were left without power in New Jersey, Long Island and parts of Connecticut.
Around 25cm of snow fell across parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Forecasters warned that around 14ins of snow would fall in parts of New England.
The wintry blast came a week after a Midwest ice storm was blamed for 13 deaths and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes. (Sky News)
