Washington picks up life again after snowstorm

Life in the US capital Washington comes after the heavy snowstorm last weekend again slowly.

It may take days for all the streets are cleared of snow again, warned the authorities. People should therefore prefer to remain indoors as much as possible. To the 'Snowzilla' baptized storm ravaged the east coast since Friday with strong winds and huge amounts of snow. The capital was severely affected. In some parts fell last weekend almost a meter of snow.

New York was also hard hit by the snowstorm. Residents of this city were Sunday hit the road again. The city had imposed a travel ban because of the snowstorm, which has killed at least 29 people in the United States life. The storm also disrupted life in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.

Airlines had canceled since Friday more than 12 000 flights.