Nakon blagog početka, zima pokazuje svoje pravo lice u istočnom dijelu SAD gdje se stanovnici pripremaju za mećavu rekordnih razmjera. Očekuje se da će snježna oluja pogoditi desetke miliona ljudi u saveznim državama od Kentuckyja na jugu, pa do Nove Engleske na sjeveroistoku zemlje, od petka 22. januara do nedjelje 24. januara 2016.
Snježna oluja epskih razmjera primiče se istočnom dijelu SAD

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Snow plows and traffic make their way north along Interstate 95 as snow begins to fall in Ashland, Virginia, Jan. 22, 2016. Portions of Virginia are under a blizzard warning.

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A pedestrian walks his dog in the median of Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, Jan. 22, 2016.

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Donna Przychodzki, of Secaucus, N.J., leaves Meadowlands Hardware with two snow shovels purchased in preparation for the weekend's storm, Jan. 22, 2016, in Rutherford, New Jersey.

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NASA and NOAA satellites are tracking the large winter storm that is expected to bring heavy snowfall to the U.S. mid-Atlantic region on Jan. 22-23. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite snapped this image of the approaching blizzard around 2:35 a.m. EST, Jan. 22, 2016.