Eastern and Central parts of the United States remain have been paralyzed for three days following historic snowfall. All flights to and from Washington D.C. were cancelled, while hundreds of thousands of people remain without electricity. However, while returning to normal soon is not yet an issue, since the weather service issued another storm watch for the Washington area on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

After more than 30 hours of continued blizzards, Washington, Maryland and Virginia, declared state of emergency and requested National Guard help. However, parts of Delaware, District of Columbia and Philadelphia were also paralyzed. A record 91cm (3 ft) of snow fell in Maryland, while parts of Washington saw the heaviest snowfalls in decades where snow reached up to 81cm (2.6 ft).

Even President Barack Obama issued remarks on the extreme weather conditions, describing the snow in the capital as “Snow, 'snowmageddon' here in Washington D.C.”; authorities advised people to stay indoors. Federal government offices and most schools remained closed on Monday, although this decision will cost the government up to 100 million dollars. This is one of the worst winter storms in the Washington D.C's history, and the second major one to hit the Middle Atlantic region in less than two months.

Hundreds of thousands of people remain without electricity although emergency workers struggle to restore power that might take several days after the snow and wind threw trees across roads and power-lines. Transportation from West Virginia to southern New Jersey is still severely disrupted. All flights to and from Washington were cancelled, while most flights were cancelled from Dulles International in Virginia.

The local governments battle to keep roads clear which for many was a lost cause, hundreds of car accidents were reported, with two reported fatalities. Even the rail service was disrupted as the US national rail service cancelled some trains between New York and Washington, and between Washington and some southern destinations. Thousands of travelers were stranded.

The extreme weather conditions are far from over. Fresh blizzards are expected to hit the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. This new storm may dump another 8 inches of snow in Washington, D.C, which will keep roads, airports, schools and businesses closed for a few more days.