The victims of Jonas: Mother and her one-year-old son killed by carbon monoxide poisoning while trapped in their car among the 30 who died as storm caused chaos across the East Coast

A 23-year-old mother and her one-year-old son are among the 30 people who have died as a result of the mammoth snowstorm that pounded the eastern U.S.

The tragic deaths ranged from cars spinning out of control on the road, to carbon monoxide poisoning to heart attacks while shoveling snow.

Sashalynn Rosa, 23, and her son, Messiah, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after snow blocked the tailpipe of their car as they search for a parking place. The woman's three-year-old daughter, Saniyah, is in a critical condition in hospital in New Jersey.

All three were returning home to New Jersey in the family car with their father on Saturday night. Ms Rosa's partner, Felix Bonilla Jr, had been digging out the car while they sat inside to stay warm. With the engine on and the tailpipe clogged by snow however, the toxic gas seeped into the car in just minutes.

'It's hard to lose them like that', said Felix Bonilla Sr, the baby's grandfather. 'The doctors say they don't think she's (Saniyah) going to make it. The doctor says she has a slight chance to make it.

A 23-year-old New Jersey mom identified as Sashalynn Rosa (pictured) and her son Messiah (pictured) died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a running car that had its tailpipe covered in snow. The woman's 3-year-old daughter (her face is muzzed) was also hurt

Madeline Scalf (above) a freshman at Lenior-Rhyne University who was killed when she lost control of her car and crashed into a tree on Saturday in North Carolina

Rosa McCollough-Leake (left) hit another vehicle head on after hitting a patch of ice and crossing over into oncoming traffic in North Carolina; U.S. Capitol Officer Vernon Alston (right) suffered a heart attack after shoveling snow outside his Delaware home 

Virginia Tech filmmaker Jerry Scheeler (above) suffered a heart attack on Friday after he shoveled out his residence in Daleville 

Good Samaritan Jefferson Heaver was shot and killed by the very man he tried to help after he saw a car spin out on an icy North Carolina road on Friday afternoon

The woman's baby daughter was also hurt and was hospitalized in 'very critical condition,' police said. Authorities believe they were watching other family members shovel snow and didn't realize what was happening.

An 82-year-old man who died after going into cardiac arrest while shoveling snow in front of his home in Washington is the first person whose death is related to the snowstorm in the city. 

The District of Columbia's Chief Medical Examiner, Roger A. Mitchell Jr. announced the man's death Sunday. Mitchell did not release the man's name or say when he died or where in the city he lived. He encouraged people shoveling to take breaks and make sure that they keep hydrated. 

A U.S. Capitol Police officer died of a heart attack after shoveling snow at his home in Delaware. Nicole Alston says her husband, 44-year-old Officer Vernon Alston, collapsed on Saturday afternoon outside their home in Magnolia after he'd been shoveling snow for about an hour. She says he died within seconds. 

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Alston's death on Sunday, calling him 'a fixture on the Capitol grounds.' 

Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine says in a statement that Alston was a 20-year veteran of the force.

Marvin Jacob Lee, 27, who has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot the North Carolina father who stopped to help him

A Kentucky transportation worker died Saturday while plowing snow-covered highways, officials said. 

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet identified him in a statement as Christopher Adams. The statement says Adams called a supervisor about 5:50 a.m., saying his plow slid into a ditch. When the supervisor arrived, Adams was slumped over, unresponsive in his seat. A cause of death has not been released.

 A man died in southeastern Kentucky when his car collided with a salt truck Thursday, state police said. Billy R. Stevens, 59, of Williamsburg was pronounced dead at the scene on state Route 92 in Whitley County. 

Two people have died from heart attacks while shoveling snow in Maryland. A 49-year-old man suffered cardiac arrest while shoveling in Abingdon on Saturday, County Executive Barry Glassman said Sunday. 

Officials in Prince George's County said a man collapsed and died Saturday while shoveling snow in Fort Washington. Bob Maloney, director of Baltimore's office of emergency management, said not one life was lost due to the storm in the city.  

In New York three people died while shoveling snow in New York City, police said. The New York Police Department's Chief of Department Jim O'Neill told reporters Saturday one person on Staten Island and two people in Queens died. He released no further details on the deaths. A police spokesman said the medical examiner's office will determine exactly how they died.

In North Carolina six people have died in car accidents during the storm, authorities have said, including a 4-year-old boy who died Friday afternoon after the pickup truck carrying his family on Interstate 77 near Troutman spun out of control and crashed.

Also in North Carolina, a Good Samaritan was allegedly shot and killed by the very man he tried to help after he saw a car spin out on an icy North Carolina road on Friday afternoon.

Marvin Jacob Lee, 27, has been charged with the murder of Jefferson Heavner. Police said he struck Heavner once and then stood over his body and shot him 'numerous times'.

Heavner, 26, was among a group of people, including neighbors and a passing truck, who went to help when they saw a car spin out and become stuck on a Catawba County road around 5.20pm. 

In Ohio a teenager sledding behind an all-terrain vehicle was hit by a truck and killed Friday, the State Highway Patrol said. The truck failed to yield at a traffic light and hit the sled, which the ATV was pulling in Wheelersburg, the highway patrol said.

In Pennsylvania  authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a man died of carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently after his car was buried in snow by a passing plow. David Perrotto, 56, was pronounced dead less than an hour after he was found Saturday night in Muhlenberg Township, according to John Hollenbach of the Berks County coroner's office. 

Hollenbach says Perrotto was apparently trying to dig out his car. Investigators believe he either was in the car with the motor running to take a break or to try to get out of the space when a snow plow went by and buried the car, blocking the exhaust and preventing him from exiting. Another person trying to dig out their vehicle found the running car. Perrotto was pronounced dead at a hospital emergency room.

Coming together: After a blizzard slammed into the east coast this weekend, people came out and engaged in winter activities such as snowball fights

Big fight: Video of the snowball fight shows Washington, D.C residents enjoying the snow after the enormous blizzard 

Delays: Amtrak had limited services between Washington, D.C and New York. Here train 155 one of the limited trains approaches Seabrook Maryland a suburb outside of D.C almost 1.5 hours late of schedule

Trudging throughthe snow: People walk through two feet of snow in Downtown Washington D.C with the Washington Monument in the background

Cancellations: The departure boards at Union Station in Washington D.C show almost all trains cancelled on Sunday in the northeast and beyond

Fun in the snow: Residents of Belt Road in Washington, D.C, make the best of the snowstorm with a post-blizzard bonfire

Deep in snow: Snow is piled in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, on Sunday following the huge blizzard 

Imprint: The imprint of a car license plate is left in the snow following the dig-out of vehicles in York, Pennsylvania 

Digging: Residents of the Rodgers Forge neighborhood dig out their cars on January 24, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland

Anne DesMarais digs her car out of the snow on January 24, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. Millions of people are digging themselves out after a record snow storm affected most of the Mid Atlantic States

Bleeker Street is seen in the aftermath of Saturday's Snow Storm, in Soho, New York on Sunday. A storm that brought New York to a standstill has moved off the coast with remnants trailing over parts of Long Island and Cape Cod

A decorated snowman stands in Central Park on January 24, 2016 in New York, City. Most of New York's streets were cleaned up over night after a huge snow storm slammed into the mid Atlantic states including New York

New York: People take photographs in the snow with the New York City skyline in the background in Central Park in New York

Pedestrians make there way through the slush and snow across Central Park West. The East Coast of the US is beginning to recover from a major blizzard that dumped near-record amounts of snow in the region

Leftovers: Beer and booze sits in the snow at a a post-blizzard bonfire, complete with marshmallows and mulled wine, on Belt Road in the Friendship Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. The nation's capital is beginning to recover from the blizzard, named Winter Storm Jonas, that dumped near-record amounts of snow in the Washington DC area

Skip Hampton pulls his 22 month old son Purcell along West Market Street, with his wife Sarah, after a morning of sledding on a nearby hill in North Carolina, while Refugio Cortes fills up on kerosene, which he and his wife use to heat their home

Cars sit buried in snow in Union City, New Jersey the day after the storm as residents enjoy a bit more down time before some serious shoveling

Snow covers the unplowed streets of the Federal Hill neighborhood in Baltimore as the sun rises on Sunday

Children slide in the snow at New York City's Central Park on Sunday as their parents watch over them

A resident digs her car out from the snow in Union City, New Jersey on Sunday as states began their clean-up efforts

Coastal floodwaters cover Brielle Road in the popular beachside town of Manasquan in New Jersey

Passers-by help push a stuck car out of the snow as another motorist tows it out in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. A winter storm has hit the East Coast, creating a blizzard with brutally high winds, dangerous inland flooding and white-out conditions. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gestures during a conference call with members of the Virginia General Assembly in the Emergency Operation Center in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. Portions of Virginia are under a blizzard warning. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A man walks by the Hudson River Shore in New Jersey on Sunday with the New York City skyline in the distance 

Children in the nation's capital got some good news when it was announced that Congress had officially lifted the decades-old ban that forbid sledding down Capitol Hill

Clean-up is beginning in states across the county after 'life-threatening' storm Jonas battered the East Coast on Saturday (a snowplow clears snow in front of the U.S. Capitol Sunday morning)

A group of children participate in a giant snowball fight in Dupont Circle in Washington DC the day after Saturday's blizzard

Storm Jonas had left the East Coast covered with a think blanket of snow on Saturday as it hovers over the East Coast of the United States

Three people tragically died in South Carolina. Authorities say an elderly couple in Greenville died of probable carbon monoxide poisoning. 

Ruby Bell, 86, and her husband, 87-year-old Robert Bell, were found dead at home by their son over the weekend, Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans said in an email. He said the time of death was believed to be Friday night. 

Russell Watson, the Duncan Chapel Fire District chief, told The Greenville News that the couple had lost power during the storm and a relative had set up a generator in their garage. Watson said the relative left the garage door propped open with a ladder, but it somehow closed and the generator filled the house with carbon monoxide.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a 44-year-old man was killed after being struck by a vehicle that slid out of control after hitting a patch of ice. The crash happened Saturday afternoon in Greenville County, the highway patrol said in a news release.

In Tennessee a car slid off the roadway due to speed and slick conditions, killing the driver and injuring a passenger, the Knox County sheriff's department said.

A couple in a vehicle slid off an icy road and plummeted down a 300-foot embankment Wednesday night, killing the woman who was driving, said Carter County Sheriff Dexter Lunceford. Stacy Sherrill's husband, a passenger in the car, survived the crash. It took him several hours to climb the embankment and report the accident.

In Virginia the number of storm-related deaths in Virginia has risen to five. A man was killed on Saturday in a single-vehicle crash in Virginia Beach that police blamed on speed and icy road conditions, and Virginia Tech filmmaker Jerry Scheeler died on Friday while shoveling snow outside his new house in Daleville, local news media reported on Sunday. 

On Saturday, the state medical examiner's office confirmed three other storm deaths. They included a single-vehicle crash in Chesapeake and deaths in Hampton and southwest Virginia from hypothermia.

Now that the sunshine and snow play of Sunday has passed, the East Coast is facing a miserable Monday morning as airlines continue to cancel thousands of flights and even the federal government will remain shut down after Winter Storm Jonas.

Washington DC received the brunt of Jonas' wrath - 30 inches to be exact - forcing it to also shut schools on Monday and leaving public transportation in the city limited. DC Metro announced trains on limited lines will run every 20 to 25 minutes, adding that no fares will be charged.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport remained closed on Sunday to both incoming and outgoing flights, causing massive problems for travelers not just around the country but also the globe given the closure of Dulles.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which oversees Dulles and Reagan, said the snow and high winds made removal on the runways, roadways and parking lots difficult. Both airports announced limited flight operations would resume Monday.

State offices in Virginia and Maryland also announced they would remain closed on Monday and the House of Representatives said no votes will be held this week.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe cautioned that it would take a 'long time' to clean up the snow, calling it a 'major event', and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she could not give a timeline for when the streets would be cleared.

Joggers make their way along a snow covered road in New York's Central Park on Sunday where 26.8inches of snow fell over two days

Chase Coble works a snow shovel on West Washington Street as city crews worked to clear downtown streets and sidewalks in the aftermath of the winter storm on Saturday

People walk across the Williamsburg Bridget during a large winter storm in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday

A Virginia National Guard Humvee stuck in the snow near Washington DC during the major snow blizzard of 2016, Winter Storm Jonas

Gary Utley, 27, of Alexandria, snowboards behind a Jeep driven by his friend, as snow falls, in Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday

People walk across the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday during the blizzard brought on by Storm Jonas

States across America began the process of digging their way out of record-breaking snowfall on Sunday after Winter Storm Jonas battered the nation's East Coast on Saturday, wreaking havoc on millions and turning major cities into ghost towns.

Ten states declared emergencies during the storm, which resulted in the cancellation of over 12,000 flights canceled across the country while stranding motorists in states for more than 24 hours in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

New York City, which came to a standstill by Saturday afternoon because of the hurricane-like winds and massive snowfall, reopened all subway lines and bus routes early Sunday morning while allowing cars back on the roads after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a ban on all non-emergency vehicles, though many streets in the nation's most populated city still remained buried under two feet of snow.

It was the second biggest blizzard since 1869 for the Big Apple where 26.8inches of snow was reported in Central Park and a record snowfall in Baltimore where residents got 30 inches of the white stuff. Glengary, West Virginia, topped the charts for the East Coast blizzard with an astonishing 40 inches of snowfall.

As for Jonas, the storm system is now heading across the Atlantic on 3,000 mile trip that is expected to make landfall later this week in the UK where it will once again showcase its violent storm force winds but couple that with heavy rain instead of snow. 

Devastating coastal flooding in New Jersey caused by the storm is expected to continue as a result of the tides brought about by the full moon (a broken pier in Stone Harbor above)

A boat sinks off a dock near Stone Harbor Boulevard in New Jersey after a blizzard hit the region causing coastal flooding in some areas

New York City (above on Sunday morning) is opening up subways, mass transit and roadways after closing and shutting down the systems to deal with the massive snowfall, which accounted for the second biggest blizzard the city has seen since 1869

A resident shovels snow away from the entrance to his home in Union City, New Jersey on Sunday

One day after record snowfall covered the city and high winds kept most residents inside, the sun came out in Brooklyn

The skies were clear and sunny in Philadelphia on Sunday where over 24 inches of snow fell between Friday and Saturday

A girl tries to cross snow covered 15th street North West in Downtown Washington which has been covered in feet of snow on Saturday

A plow clears the parking lot at the Rutters Farm Store along the Susquehanna Trail in York, Pennsylvania, on Saturday

A group of kids slide down a hill in the snow near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Lower Manhattan, New York on Saturday

Another snowman watching 1600 Pennsylvania Ave was the 'SNOwden Snowman', modeled after Edward Snowden

A National Park Service plows Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, careful to avoid a lone snowman

Wrapped up warm against the cold, Times Square workers try desperately to clear snow from the streets of Times Square

Workers take a break in order to take selfies in Times Square as snow fell at a rate of up to 3 inches per hour, covering New York

A worker uses a snowblower to clear snow from Times Square in Manhattan on Saturday as tourists watch

People walk in the snow toward Chinatown's Friendship Archway in Washington after record amounts of snowfall on the East Coast

A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down the nation's capital

Super Storm Jonas was the deadliest blizzard to hit North America in at least five years, arriving almost to the exact date that the 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard claimed at least 36 lives between January 31 and February 2 in the United States and Canada.

Jonas was also responsible for shutting down much of the air and land travel on the East Coast by Saturday afternoon, and even though the storm has moved on some airports, roads and public transportation systems have remained closed as they are still dealing with clean-up from the snow

More than 12,000 flights were canceled from Friday through Tuesday as states from New England to North Carolina wrestled with the massive snow dump.

Flight tracking service FlightAware said 3,505 flights scheduled for Sunday, 865 flights for Monday and 50 flights for Tuesday have been cancelled and around 1,000 flights were delayed Sunday.

With 3,100 flights failing to take off Friday and 4,511 being grounded on Saturday, the total of flights grounded was 12,031 for the five-day period.

Airports in New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore were resuming very limited service Sunday. The major airlines intended to resume service at all airports throughout the region by Monday, though more than 800 flights have been canceled for then.

Along with clearing snow and ice from their own facilities and equipment, airlines and train operators were dealing with how to get all their snowbound employees to work.

Delta expected to begin accepting its first arrivals Sunday afternoon at its New York hubs, John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia, both of which got 30 inches of snow.

The airline said its teams began working before daybreak at both airports to de-ice aircraft and ground equipment and clear snow from ramp and terminal areas.

United Airlines said limited service might begin by late afternoon Sunday in New York City, but both major airports in the Washington DC area will remained closed for the day.

Airlines have also started to cut Monday service cancelling approximately 6,000 flights in addition to the 8,000 already-canceled weekend flights.

All major airlines issued waivers for travel over the weekend, allowing passengers to rebook onto earlier or later flights to avoid the storms, without having to pay an extra charge.

The MTA, in addition to closing part of New York City's subway system, also shut down Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North services.

Metro-North restored services at noon on Sunday and was fully operational out of Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan by mid-afternoon.

It suffered a bit of a derailment shortly after 9:30am on Sunday however when one of their trains collided with a plow in Stamford, Connecticut, a major business hub which is home to General Electric and located approximately 45 minutes outside New York City.

The plow had become stuck on a crossing and the train was unable to stop in time to avoid an accident. No passengers were on the train and no injuries were reported according to the MTA.

Seven of the 12 branches of the Long Island Rail Road are expected to be fully operational by 5am Monday.

Amtrak was operating Sunday on all its routes, but with a reduced number of trains. Spokesman Marc Magliari said Sunday afternoon that the number of passengers was down from usual, but appeared to include many travelers who couldn't get around on other transportation modes.

It had not yet determined whether it would be back to normal operations on Monday, as it is still coordinating with commuter rail and bus lines to see how many Amtrak employees would be able to get to train stations and other work locations Monday.

A deadly blizzard with bone-chilling winds and potentially record-breaking snowfall slammed the eastern US on Saturday

A trio of snowplows attempts to clear snow from Broadway on the Upper West Side in New York on Saturday as snow continues overnight

A motorist shovels snow to free up a vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike during a snowstorm after motorists were told to stay indoors

Icicles hang from the awning out the front of a store front in Georgetown, Washington, where up to three feet of snow was reported on Saturday

A statue of Andrew Jackson is covered in snow near the White House where up to ten inches of snow fell on Saturday

A car is stranded Third Avenue in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, on Saturday after several cities in the state were flooded by a high tide

The Stone Harbor Fire and Rescue bring Phil Lazenby, from Stone Harbor, to the Reeds Hotel after evacuating him from his home on Saturday

A North Wildwood firefighter helps local resident Joe Tolomeo from his flooded home on 12th Avenue in North Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday

Ice and water floods overtook several homes and businesses across North Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday

A car attempts to drive through the flooded streets of North Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday

High tides in North Wildwood, New Jersey, surpassed the tide of Hurricane Sandy according to North Wildwood city officials

Two people use cross country skis to get around the snow in front of the U.S. Capitol on Saturday

Meanwhile all regional rail service, with the exception of trains to the airport, has continued to remain suspended in Philadelphia, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority announced on Sunday.

In New York, Mayor de Blasio declared a 'winter weather emergency' early Saturday afternoon while announcing that all bus services and above-ground ground subway lines would no longer run in the city while also banning all non-emergency vehicles from the roads.

The lack of vehicles on the road made it easier for pedestrians to get around the city and all underground subway routes remained open throughout the storm, but despite this most residents stayed indoors rather than battle the snow and winds.

The blizzard was so strong at some points that two to three inches were falling per hour which is why the MTA revealed a revised subway map Saturday afternoon after limiting service, a rare occurrence in the city that closed all above-ground subways.

Mayor de Blasio applauded New York City's sanitation workers for getting neighborhoods clean and clear of snow and ice in remarkable time during a press conference Sunday morning where he was accompanied by a scene-stealing sign language interpreter whose animated motions and facial expressions made it difficult to focus on the man whose words he was interpreting.

Dumper trucks were brought to the streets in Washington to help deal with the feet of snow that has fallen since Friday

People carrying umbrellas walk in the snow past the White House where at least ten inches of snow has fallen in the last few hours

A snowman wearing the jacket of a local bakery stands on the street in Washington DC which has seen feet of snow fall in 24 hours

A pedestrian waits to cross the street as a truck carrying a load of snow passes in front on the National Mall in Washington

A man uses cross country skies as he goes down M Street NW in the snow, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 in the Georgetown area of Washington

A man makes his way through the snow, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 in the Georgetown area of Washington

Reece Davis, left, helps Scott Bailey dig out after getting stuck at SecurCare Self Storage on West Wendover Avenue in North Carolina

It was a situation remarkably similar to one experienced by his predecessor Michael Bloomberg, whose sign language interpreter Lydia Callis became an overnight celebrity for her transfixing delivery while appearing with New York City's then mayor in the days before and after Hurricane Sandy.

New York City also said they would be hiring individuals to shovel, paying them $13.50 an hour to clear fire hydrants, bus stops, crosswalks and other areas of the five boroughs.

'This was one of the worst storms to ever hit New York City, and we need all hands on deck to dig us out,' said Mayor de Blasio.

'As Sanitation's uniformed workers continue to focus their herculean efforts on clearing our city's streets, snow laborers will be critical in shoveling out other key locations, like crosswalks, hydrants, bus stops, and more.'

He also asked the city's residents to not walk in the middle of the street despite the fact that many sidewalks had not been shoveled now that cars were back on the road.

Mayor de Blasio was also forced to deal a bit of devastating news as well Sunday morning when he informed the youngest residents of the city that despite the massive snowfall schools would in fact be open on Monday.

Skip Hampton pulls his 22 month old son Purcell along West Market Street, with his wife Sarah, after a morning of sledding on a nearby hill in North Carolina, while Refugio Cortes fills up on kerosene, which he and his wife use to heat their home

Issabella Rickman slides down a hill on a sled during a blizzard in Arlington, Virginia on January 23, 2016. A deadly blizzard with bone-chilling winds and potentially record-breaking snowfall slammed the eastern US on Saturday

National Guard have been on hand to distribute water, food and fuel to the stranded drivers as the snow continues to fall

Traffic has been at a standstill for hours now on the Pennsylvania Turnpike stranding hundreds of motorists in the snow

A couple lays in over nine inches of snow with their dogs in Lafayette Park in Washington, DC on Saturday

The kids of Washington DC got much better news when Mayor Muriel Bowser delivered her post-storm press conference on Sunday and said that schools would be closed on Monday.

Children in the nation's capital got an additional bit of good news when it was announced that Congress had officially lifted the decades-old ban that forbid sledding down Capitol Hill.

The effort was spearheaded by District of Columbia Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who added a provision into the approved December spending bill to lift enforcement of the ban once and for all

'Attention DC kids and families: Capitol Hill sledding ban has been lifted,' Norton tweeted. 'Go for it!'

George Washington University also announced that all classes would be canceled, and Georgetown University informed students that the main campus would be closed for the day and that on-site instruction was likewise canceled.

A soldier with the 275th Military Police company in a Humvee stops on I-395 as they assist a stranded motorist in the snow in Washington

Dan Rafalin, left, lifts his daughter, Delila Rafalin, 5, while playing in heavy snowfall with their family on Independence Mall in Philadelphia

Ten-year-old local Hayes Reger sleds around on the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building on Saturday

A woman uses snowshoes to walk in front of the Eisenhower executive office building during the snow storm on in Washington on Saturday

People walk and bike down Broad Street in Philadelphia, just one of the major East Coast cities covered with a blanket of snow on Saturday

Workers in Washington D.C. have been working frantically on Saturday to try and keep roads and sidewalks open as snow continues to fall for the second day, and will not stop until Sunday

In Washington D.C. there is more than a foot of snow on the ground on Saturday while two feet is possible before Sunday, making it the worst snowfall the city has ever received

Uniform secret service officers push a police car that is stuck in front of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington D.C.

More than 85million Americans affected by the storm have been advised to keep their homes accessible during the storm in case emergency crews need to enter (pictured, a woman attempts to dig her car out of the snow in Washington)

A homeless man walks on snow covered 14th street North West in Washington on Saturday as the area was battered by snow

Millions of Americans are battling with the elements on Saturday as Jonas brought hurricane-force winds and feet of snow to ten states

A face on the memorial to Judge John Handley, Handley High School benefactor, peers out through the more than 16 inches of blowing snow that has fallen in Winchester, Virginia, on Saturday

A man walks in Greenwich, Connecticut, amid heavy snowfall across the East Coast that is expected to last for the rest of the weekend

Bryan Gold skis down 13th Street in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington on Saturday as it looked almost certain that the state will break its all-time snow record with two feet having already fallen in some places

A worker cleans snow off the platform at the Metro North Train station in Greenwich, Connecticut, where heavy snow fell on Saturday

Michelle Fox plays with her dogs Peaches, jumping, and Annie as snow continues to pile up in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

City staff struggled to keep sidewalks open as snow fell at rates of up to three inches per hour throughout most of Saturday

Times Square, which is usually filled with tourists at all hours, was virtually deserted on Saturday as workers tried to clear the snow away

Tourists pose with the Wall Street Bull in New York City, despite the treatorous weather

A couple of volunteers help a driver push is car out of the snow in New York City on Saturday

Visitors brave the driving winds and heavy snowfall to take a stroll through Central Park on Saturday afternoon

A snow plow clears Route 206 during a winter storm near Trenton, New Jersey, where flood were also reported on Saturday

A masked man walks on King Street as snow falls in Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday amid record snowfall across the East Coast

A man with ice and snow frozen to his face makes his way through New York amid heavy snow across the whole of the East Coast Saturday

A delivery man on a bike navigates his way through Manhattan on Saturday as snow continues to fall an is due to continue overnight

A parent and their child dragging sleds cross the road in Manhattan as a snow plow makes its way past on Saturday

A young woman tries to make her way out of a store in lower Manhattan on Saturday before getting caught in snow

Central park was also covered with snow on Saturday, where six inches fell in the first few hours of the morning and kept building at a rate of three inches every hour

Winds of up to 50mph and heavy snow in Manhattan on Saturday caused near white-out conditions as storm Jonas arrived

Snow is continuing to fall across New York on Saturday and is due to continue overnight, bringing as much as 42 inches in the next 24 hours

People walked down Canal Street in New York City after cars were banned from travel on Saturday

People are seen here walking on Canal Street in Chinatown in Lower Manhattan in New York City on Saturday

A woman carefully enters Columbia Circle subway stop, where the stairs were covered in packed snow, on Saturday

Snow is seen on a bench and on the platform at Canal Street Station in Lower Manhattan in New York City on Saturday

A NYC transit worker shovels snow from an above-ground subway platform in New York City before the above-ground trains were closed on Saturday

Cab drivers work to remove their cars on Fifth Avenue in New York City after snow covered the streets, making it difficult to drive

People use a wall surrounding the Washington Monument to walk above the snow after a snowstorm on Saturday

People cross-country ski past the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall after a snowstorm on Saturday after snow blanketed the city

Times Square is seen while snow falls in New York City on Saturday. The city saw more than 25 inches as storm Jonas hit

Women make their way through Times Square in New York as storm Jonas dumps up to 24 inches of snow on to the streets

Pedestrians struggle through the New York snow in Manhattan on Saturday after the city virtually shut down in the face of storm Jonas

Workers have been battling all day in attempts to keep tourist attractions such as Times Square free of snow amid blizzard conditions

While everyone else was bundled up, the Naked Cowboy in Times Square in New York City still bared it all to pose for pictures

Times Square Alliance workers shovel snow off the viewing steps as New York hunkers down under storm Jonas which hit on Saturday

Bethany Wallace loads her car with groceries outside the Stop and Shop in Marstons Mills, Massachusetts, on Saturday

A U.S. Army SUV makes its way down 7th Avenue during the snowstorm in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York

Meanwhile in Virginia people took pictures next to a massive pile of snow that was cleared from the roads on Saturday

 Workers struggle to keep the streets open in New York where all driving has been banned as a precautionary measure on Saturday

Ten inches of snow fell in Manhattan on Saturday morning with more expected to come as winter storm Jonas advanced up the East Coast

Forecaster Ryan Maue said he was out of words to describe how bad the storm was by Saturday afternoon, adding: 'This is going to be one of those generational events, where your parents talk about how bad it was.'

That was certainly the case in several seaside resort towns in New Jersey were temporarily isolated by close-to-freezing flood waters when the tide rushed in on Saturday, which hampered local firefighters in one town as they battled a restaurant blaze.

As a result of the snow and flooding in the state 100,000 homes were left without power. New Jersey Transit also shut down on Saturday and had yet to reopen on Sunday morning as workers began the process of clearing tracks.

The winter storm created near-record high tides along the Jersey Shore, surpassing the tide of Hurricane Sandy in some areas according to North Wildwood city officials.

'When the water just started rushing down, it was as impressive as some of the videos you saw of Japan during the tsunamis,' said Jason Pellegrini, owner of Steak Out restaurant in Sea Isle City, who was trapped inside by floodwaters.

The East Coast has been blanketed by snow on Saturday as winter storm Jonas has brought up to two feet of snow to major cities while ten states have declared emergencies (pictured, Washington D.C. on Saturday)

A man poses for a photo on a snow pile during a snow storm in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York on Saturday night

(L-R) Mia Fraser, Zakiya Cordice, Tierra Sinclair, and Raina Schoen Thomas walk through the snowy streets of Times Square on Saturday

Dozens of people take part in an impromptu snow ball fight during a snow storm in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York

This image made available by NASA via Twitter posted on Saturday by space station commander Scott Kelly, shows a view from the International Space Station of a storm passing over the United States

This composite satellite image of the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Ocean on Saturday from the NASA MODIS instruments Aqua and Terra shows snow cover over most the northern USA and Canada

'It came in that fast,' he said.

Another restaurant, The Lobster House, was partly submerged by the rising tide more than 20 miles away in Cape May.

'It touched everywhere,' said Keith Laudeman, the third-generation owner of the nearly century-old establishment on Cape May Harbor. 'It even got to the equipment we moved and never thought would get touched.'

The water quickly receded. And Laudeman said he has a whole crew of people preparing to clean the place so they can reopen in the coming days.

'I had more water than I had when Sandy came through,' he said. 'We had a lot of wind. Fortunately, none of the boats broke loose.'

The barrier islands near Atlantic City were experiencing significant tidal flooding, said Linda Gilmore, the county's public information officer.

The blizzard was so strong that seven locations near Washington unofficially passed the 30 inches of snow mark as of 1pm Saturday while 36 areas had recorded at least two feet of snow at that time.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport remained closed on Sunday to both incoming and outgoing flights, causing massive problems for travelers not just around the country but also the globe given the closure of Dulles.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which oversees Dulles and Reagan, said the snow and high winds made removal on the runways, roadways and parking lots difficult.

The authority said passengers should contact their airline directly for specific flight information and to re-book any flights if necessary and that they were continuing to evaluate conditions to make decisions about when to open the runways.

Both airports announced limited flight operations would resume Monday.

People walk through the streets of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday during the blizzard

A pedestrian carrying several bags crosses a street through blowing snow in front of Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Saturday

A United States Coast Guard navigation buoy is seen on the 41st Street beach after breaking from its anchors and drifting five miles in Ocean City, New Jersey

Max Sorensen, 23, paddles through his flooded neighborhood in Stone Harbor, New Jersey with a kayak on Sunday

Robert Artese operates a front end loader clearing sand from a storm water outlet so the accumulated ice and water can drain into the ocean in Margate City, New Jersey

Crews worked to clear the Long Island Rail Road on Sunday with the hope it could be restored in time for Monday morning's rush

A worker from a power company works to restore power on a flooded street in North Wildwood, New Jersey

A man walks on a flooded street at Fairmount and Arizona Avenues on his way to work at a casino in Atlantic City

A view of Arizona Avenue looking towards the bay from Fairmount Avenue is seen as high tides flood neighborhood streets in Atlantic City

Jonas' massive winds and near-record snowfall could not stop the cast and crew of Saturday Night Live from showing up to work as they went ahead with this week's show despite the weather (NBC Studio entrance above on Saturday)

A couple kisses each other on top of a pile of snow in Washington DC on Sunday in front of the Washington Monument

New York children took advantage of the deep snow and hills of Central Park for most of the weekend

Fred Leach, of East Falmouth, Massachusetts, removes snow from a walkway near boats in winter storage at Green Pond Marina

A young boy jumps over a snow wall along the snow covered streets of the East Village, a day after winter storm Jonas

An active senior braves the cold and gets in some winter fitness as he snowshoes through Central Park Sunday morning

A snow covered bicycle is stuck in a snow bank on the the Lower East side, a day after winter storm Jonas hit New York

Ureil Pascual and his brother, Isaac roll around on a snowy sidewalk in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on Sunday

People sled on a hill at the U.S. Capitol after Winter Storm Jonas swept over the nation's capital a day earlier with record snowfall in areas

People walk through the snow covered streets of Union Square, a day after winter storm Jonas in New York City

A woman in New York City drags a young girl through New York City's Central Park in a sled

These same conditions that made flights a problem in the area did not however stop members of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment Tomb Sentinels from keeping up their post guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery, with a Sentinel stationed at the national landmark throughout the storm.

The weather also could not keep Tian Tian indoors, as the Smithsonian Zoo's giant panda was seen on video throwing snow on his head and even licking it off his feet, not bothered at all by the freezing temperature and gale-force winds.

The snow, ice and gusting winds are also being blamed for the collapse of a roof at a historic Virginia theater near the Chesapeake Bay.

The Donk's Theater roof gave in Friday as the massive winter storm gripping the East Coast swept into Mathews County, about 75 miles east of Richmond. No one was injured.

The county's chief building official, Jamie Wilks, said the theater was a total loss, according to the Daily Press of Newport News. He said the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The theater opened in 1947 as a movie house. It closed in the 70s but was resurrected as a country music venue, ultimately earning the title as 'Home of Virginia's Lil' Ole Opry.'

Dolly Parton was among the country entertainers who performed at Donk's.

The powerful winter storm pummeling much of the United States also stymied the US. military on Saturday.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter was heading home from a five-day trip to Paris and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. But his high-tech aircraft - known as the Doomsday Plane - wasn't able to land at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland as originally planned.

Instead, the plane took a left turn and headed south. Carter was rerouted to Tampa, Florida, where he will wait until he is able to fly into the nation's capital.