Summary

  • New York City is closed for business due to snow

  • Roads, tunnels and bridges shut in the biggest city in US

  • More than 20 states are affected - some 85 million people

  • Emergencies were declared in 11 states, and at least 11 people have died

  • Parts of West Virginia are blanketed under 40in (102cm) of snow

Live Reporting

Tim Swift, Tom Geoghegan and Vanessa Barford

  1. Welcome to our live coverage

    ropean Photopress Agency epa05120890 A man shovels the front steps to his home in the Woodridge neighborhood in Northeast Washington, DC, USA, 23 January 2016EPA

    If you're in the eastern United States, thanks for deciding to stay in, where it is warm, and for joining us.

    If you are elsewhere, thanks for joining us all the same - we will have all the latest updates as a massive winter storm works its way up the east of the US.