Nor'easter chills New York and New Jersey with snow and high winds - in pictures

US marines help clean up debris left by hurricane Sandy in the New Dorp neighbourhood of Staten Island as rain and snow approach Photograph: Mike Segar/REUTERS

A statue of the Virgin Mary and a US flag outside a home damaged by hurricane Sandy Photograph: Mike Segar/REUTERS

Snow falls on a couch piled with other debris outside a home damaged by Sandy Photograph: Mike Segar/REUTERS

A woman walks with her granddaughter through the snow to a bus stop in the Rockaway neighbourhood of Queens in New York City Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

People wait in the snow for a bus in Rockaway Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A man makes deliveries while snow falls on Madison Avenue Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

A man looks out from his house damaged by Sandy as snow falls Photograph: Lucas Jackson/REUTERS

A woman in New York shields herself from the elements with an umbrella Photograph: Brendan Mcdermid/REUTERS

People clean debris from a home devastated by Sandy Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/REUTERS

A man delivers some gasoline to a neighbour Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

A man pushes a market cart as the nor'easter arrives Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/REUTERS

A New York City sanitation worker walks in front of piles of debris Photograph: Mike Segar/REUTERS