Blizzards cause havoc on US east coast

People walk through the snow on Seventh Avenue in New York Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters

Snow removal crews work to clear runways at Philadelphia international airport Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

A train conductor makes his way to a commuter train at the Hoboken rail terminal in New Jersey Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters

A man walks through blowing snow with his dogs along a beach following a snowstorm in Westport, Connecticut Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A man clears snow in Harlem, New York City Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

A passenger sleeps at JFK international airport as she waits for the airport to reopen in New York Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters

A worker shovels snow from Times Square in New York after a blizzard dropped 46-51cm of snow in the area Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

A bicycle is buried in snow in Manhattan's East Village, New York Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A pedestrian makes her way along New York's 72nd Street Photograph: Craig Ruttle/AP

A woman attempts to dig out her car in Newark, New Jersey Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

A snowplough clears a street in Atlantic City, New Jersey Photograph: Mel Evans/AP

A man walks down a street on the Upper East Side in New York Photograph: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

A woman walks her dog along Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts Photograph: Yoon S. Byun/AP

Cars make their way down Broadway at the junction with Times Square in New York Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

Traffic builds up on the I-95 highway in New Jersey Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

A snowplough works to clear taxiways at Newark's Liberty international airport Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

A car negotiates a snow-covered road in Raleigh, North Carolina Photograph: Jim R. Bounds/AP

People walk through the snow in Manhattan's Union Square, New York Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images