Photos: Biggest blizzard in years blankets US Northeast in snow

A man removes snow from a street during a winter storm in Weehawken, New Jersey. The National Weather Service issued storm warnings from Virginia to Maine - a swathe home to tens of millions of people - and forecast snowfall of 18 to 24 inches in southern New York, northeastern New Jersey and parts of southwest Connecticut.

A snow covered street in midtown, New York.

People walk their dog during a winter storm in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Snowploughs remove snow from the Times Square during a snow storm, in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

A couple walks over the Williamsburg Bridge into Manhattan during a snow storm.

Pedestrians are seen from the Manhattan Bridge as they cross an intersection in the Dumbo neighbourhood of Brooklyn.

A man cleans a car during a winter storm in Weehawken, New Jersey.

An empty outdoor dining tent of a restaurant during a snow storm in New York.

A man delivers food on his electric bicycle as he rides past snow covered dining tables in midtown, in New York.

The frozen Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain in Bryant Park is pictured during a winter storm in New York.

A US Postal Service mail carrier crosses River Street during a snowstorm in Hoboken, N.H.

A bicycle food delivery worker rides his bike through heavy snow, in the Soho neighbourhood of New York.

People walk through heavy snow fall in the Navy Yard during winter storm Orlena in Boston, Massachusetts.

A bicycle food delivery worker rides his bike through Manhattan's Soho neighbourhood, in New York.

A taxi cab driver shovels through heavy snow during a winter storm in New York City.

A man jogs through the streets of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire after snow fell overnight.

A snow plow clears a street during a snow storm, in the Lower East Side neighbourhood of Manhattan, in New York.

Kids sled on a snow-covered hill at Lake Shore East Park in Chicago near Lake Michigan.

A woman walks through Central Park during a winter storm in New York City.

A delivery worker cycles through snow-covered streets in Brooklyn in New York City.

People walk through snow-covered streets along Manhattan in New York City.

Pedestrians walk in the East Village during a snow storm, in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

Children play in the snow during a winter storm at Brighton Beach, New York.

Snow plows wait at a traffic light on 8th Avenue during a snow storm, in the Manhattan borough of New York City.