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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Pennsylvania Avenue looking toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington is virtually empty early in the morning, Jan. 22, 2016 as the Nation's capital hunkered down in preparation for a major snow storm expected to begin later in the day.
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A convenience store in Raleigh, North Carolina, advertises the "essentials" as a winter storm threatens to dump the first big snow of the season, Jan. 21, 2016.
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Vincent Ayd, left, owner of Ayd Hardware in Towson, Maryland, and truck driver Mike Jock, of Newark, Deleware, unload snow shovels and ice-melt in Towson, Jan. 21, 2016.
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Employee Michael Torney (R) watches a customer carry out a bag of ice melt at Strosniders Hardware store in Silver Spring, Maryland, Jan. 21, 2016.