A huge blizzard has begun to hit the US east coast and is expected to rank in the top in the top 10 storms ever to hit the region.
Over 50 million people have been warned that a life threatening storm will drop 24 inches of snow in just hours.
Weather experts have said that the snow could be as much as 30 inches deep in Washington and will be coupled with winds over 50 miles per hour.
A total of eight people have been killed in car crashes in north Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee as a result of the bad weather.
Southern States have already been blanketed with 8 inches of snow which began falling at lunchtime.
The Washington D.C. mayor said: “I want to be very clear with everybody, we see this as a major storm. It has life and death implications.’
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has reported that the major highways are pure gridlock.
Many events, which include two sold-out concerts in Baltimore have been postponed, and many schools across the region are closed.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio urged residents to be ready and cautious.
“We’re bracing for the first big storm of the winter. I want to let my fellow New Yorkers know we’re prepared, the agencies here are ready for what’s coming up ahead,” he said.
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