3:41
- ABC News
- January 24, 2016
Blizzard Shuts Down East Coast With Possible Historic Snowfall
The massive weather system has so far left 15 people dead.
3:41
In Washington D.C. children turned the capital into a playground by sledding down Capitol Hill.
Sledding on #CapitolHill! #snowmaggedon2016 #Snowzilla #SnowvWade #sledding pic.twitter.com/xqsKBYJfS1
— Lo Gz (@GutzyLo) January 23, 2016
Even a few animals in the National Zoo spent some time braving the snow and wind.
Keepers gave our elephants the choice to romp in the snow for a little bit today, and Kamala took it! #Blizzard2016 pic.twitter.com/WlPh8Mrwuh
— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 23, 2016
New Jersey: 3,625 customers
North Carolina: 147,980 customers
Philadelphia: 59 customers
Virginia: 3,176 customers
Maryland: 4,586 customers
Washington, D.C. and New York City: fewer than 5 each.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike was closed for 86 miles due to the severe weather.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf estimated about 500 vehicles, including buses, trucks and cars, were stranded. The Pennsylvania National Guard, state police and local firefighters are helping Turnpike teams get the stranded drivers on their way.
North Carolina had about 1,274 reported traffic collisions, according to the state's highway patrol.
The Virginia State Police responded to 989 traffic crashes and 793 disabled vehicles on Friday alone.
Airlines have cancelled over 10,000 flights for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to FlightAware.com.
Philadelphia International Airport has cancelled all flights for Saturday while Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina is running with limited operations.
The Baltimore Office of Emergency Management said late Friday that all flight operations at Baltimore–Washington International Airport were stopped due to the inclement weather.
D.C.’s Reagan National and Dulles International Airports are expected to remain closed through Sunday, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said Saturday.
Delta Airlines said Saturday that it is planning to restart flying Sunday at noon at D.C. and New York airports, pending weather and road conditions.
\"A similar operational restart plan is in place for much of the rest of the region,\" Delta said in a statement.
United Airlines said in a statement Saturday it \"plans to start very limited operations on Sunday afternoon\" at Newark Airport and other New York City area airports.
At D.C. area airports, United will not operate Saturday or Sunday, but expects to gradually resume service there Monday.
ABC News' Max Golembo, Dan Peck, Margaret Chadbourn and Matthew Foster contributed to this report.
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