Since Sunday, the central and eastern United States have been swept by a major winter storm. Heavy snowfall has affected more than 50 million residents with flight cancellations, school closures and road accidents. Above all, this part of the country is now preparing to shiver: the meteorological services predict that temperatures will drop to -18°C in places, with strong gusts of wind. The authorities are therefore on alert as five people have died in accidents linked to the dire conditions in the states of Missouri and Kansas.
In Washington, a white blanket covered the streets. Sidewalks and parks have become the playground for snowball fights for children and adults, images to be found in our slideshow.
A person walking in the snow near the Washington Monument on January 6, 2025.
The White House and its gardens were covered in snow on Monday like the rest of Washington.
A snowplow clears snow around the Capitol before a session of Congress to certify the Electoral College votes validating Donald Trump's presidential victory, in Washington on January 6, 2025.
The White House in a fog of snow, January 6.
A snowball fight in Meridian Hill Park on January 6 in Washington.
Tree branches with snow framing the Capitol dome early in the morning of January 6, 2025, in Washington.
People playing in the snow in front of flags at half-mast in memory of former US President Jimmy Carter who died on December 29, 2024.
There have been numerous interventions to make the streets of Washington a little more passable.
The city of Cincinnati under the snow.
Traffic was particularly dangerous and difficult on Route 42 in Florence, Kentucky on January 6.
The snowy runways of Detroit Airport, located in Romulus, Michigan.
The snow did not prevent El Museo del Barrio, a museum dedicated to Latin American and Puerto Rican cultures, from holding its 47th annual Three Kings Day parade on January 6 in New York.
In New York, Central Park was also covered in snow on Monday.
A man takes out skis on the main street of Annapolis, Maryland on January 6, 2025.
