Death toll rises US snowstorm

- The snow storm in the eastern United States has certainly seventeen people killed, the authorities reported Saturday. Certainly 182 000 people are deprived of electricity and more than 10,000 flights have been canceled due to extreme weather. In New York, the state of emergency declared and imposed a travel ban.

The New York Police warns that people who still go to their car the way, are arrested. Snowthrowers heavy snowfall can not and metro traffic was shut down, because the rails are covered in snow on the aerial parts of the network. All performances are canceled in the Broadway theater district on Saturday. Also, restaurants, museums and other tourist attractions closed.

In New York, northern New Jersey and Washington DC reported 40 to 51 centimeters of snow. Instead Glengary in the state of West Virginia in one day, more than a meter of snow fell.