East coast freeze

A Park Service employee clears snow in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Feb. 13, 2014.

After pummeling wide swaths of the South, a winter stormdumped nearly a foot of snow in Washington as it marched Northeast and threatened more power outages, traffic headaches and widespread closures for millions of residents.

Alabama

Israel Partridge of True Adventure Sports prepares to rappel into a snow and ice covered Little River Canyon, near Fort Payne Ala., Feb. 13, 2014.

Washington

Ludovic Hood and his daughter Saskia put the finishing touches on a snowman on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 13, 2014.

Washington D.C.

Snow falls in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2014.

New York

A man braces his umbrella while walking through the snow in New York City, Feb. 13, 2014.

Washington

Alejandro Escobar, Courtney Fulton, and Trevor Albert, all from Arlington, Va., run in the snow past the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Feb. 13, 2014.

New York

Snow rests on the face of the dog, Camper, during a midday walk by the Hounds on the Hudson dog day care center in Albany, N.Y., Feb. 13, 2014.

New York

People walk through the snow in New York City, Feb. 13, 2014.

Pennsylvania

A pedestrian crosses South Broad Street in view of City Hall as mixed winter precipitation falls in Philadelphia, Feb. 13, 2014.

New York

Part of the lower Manhattan skyline seen behind a pile of snow in Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 13, 2014.

New York

An employee of Lincoln Center shovels snow from a stairwell at the complex in New York City, Feb. 13, 2014.

Washington

Passengers who's flights have been canceled pass the time at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport, Feb. 13, 2014.

North Carolina

Snow clings to Turron Williams' beard and eyelashes, on Hammond Road in Raleigh, N.C., Feb.11, 2014. Williams was helping push cars stuck in the snow.

New York

Newlyweds Steve Cosh, center, and Thiago Cardoso look at the snow falling in Manhattan as they walk out from New York's municipal marriage bureau, Feb. 13, 2014.

New York

Chris Starace works to clear snow from his home's roof in Ossining, N.Y., Feb. 13, 2014.

North Carolina

Kevin Miller looks out of the passenger window of his friend's car as they sit in stuck traffic during a winter storm, in Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 12, 2014.

South Carolina

A flowering cherry tree is frozen in mid-bloom after a rare winter ice storm swept across the South, in Summerville, S.C., Feb. 12, 2014.

Alabama

Terry Gillis scrapes ice off his car's window in Fort Payne Ala., Feb. 12, 2014.

Georgia

Furman Smith breaks out his cross country skis to get some enjoyment out of the winter weather in Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12, 2014.

Washington D.C.

Young people make "snow angels" in front of the Lincoln Memorial as a heavy storm hits Washington D.C., Feb. 13, 2014.

Georgia

A downed power line damages several vehicles and disrupted electricity for 200 residents at the Marquis at Lenox apartments during a winter storm in Atlanta, Feb. 12, 2014.

South Carolina

Jason Randall, along with daughter Hallie, and family dog Sandy sled down a hill in southern Greenville County, S.C., Feb. 12, 2014.

South Carolina

Crape myrtle berries are covered in ice after a rare winter ice storm swept across the South, in Summerville, S.C., Feb. 12, 2014.

North Carolina

Traffic moves slowly along Wade Avenue in Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 12, 2014.

Maryland

A view of a statue of a police man ankle deep in snow in Chevy Chase, Md., in the early hours of Feb. 13, 2014.

North Carolina

A worker uses a machine to clear the snow from a sidewalk in Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 12, 2014.

Alabama

A kayak snowman is seen in the front yard of a house on U.S. Highway 35, in Fort Payne, Ala., Feb. 12, 2014.

North Carolina

Traffic moves slowly along Wade Avenue in Raleigh, N.C., February 12, 2014.

Alabama

An American flag is bent over and draped in ice on Desoto Parkway atop Lookout Mountain, in Fort Payne, Ala., Feb. 12, 2014.

Georgia

A power company crew surveys a downed tree that brought down power lines in a residential neighborhood near Emory University, in Atlanta, Feb. 12, 2014.

Alabama

Fort Payne Improvement Authority workers work on lines that had become heavy with ice and were being blown around by high winds, in Dog Town, Ala., Feb. 12, 2014.

North Carolina

Slow moving motorists are seen on a freeway leaving downtown Charlotte as snow continues to fall in Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 12, 2014.