The area of ​​the US capital of Washington is sunk in ice

After two days of raging the states of the southeastern United States, on February 13, the blizzard continued to attack the northeastern states, leaving the Washington DC metropolitan area immersed in ice.

>>>Half of America is "stiff" because of cold -51 degrees Celsius

With up to 50-60cm of snow pouring down on the night of February 12, most of the operations in Washington and two neighboring states, Virginia and Maryland, were paralyzed.

Local and federal government offices, schools, business centers, restaurants, airports, museums and entertainment centers are all closed.

Cars move slowly due to heavy snowfall in Morrisville, North Carolina.(Source: AFP / VNA)

The busy streets, which are now crowded, are only empty when there are only a few vehicles passing by, mainly police cars and snow plows.

On Feb. 13, the Washington state administration suspended the bus service to cope with the second major snowstorm in the past four years, just after a snowstorm that happened two days 5-6. June 6, covering the capital area, the snow layer is 80-100cm thick.

Since the fall into the eastern states, snow storms have killed at least 18 people, mainly due to traffic accidents, and have forced millions to live in the scene, authorities said. power-off.

In the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, hundreds of thousands of students are out of school for the fifth time this winter, making the program likely to last for the summer.

Blizzard also affected tens of thousands of passengers on the plane when at least 6,500 domestic flights were canceled and more than 1,230 flights were delayed.

The National Weather Service announced that the blizzard is still spilling over northeastern states in the next two days.