Snowstorm buries north-east US – in pictures

People walk with sleds through a snowy Prospect Park in Brooklyn the morning after the snowstorm Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A woman is seen through a snow covered window during the blizzard in Boston on Saturday Photograph: JESSICA RINALDI/Reuters

Two women look for a taxi in the snow in Times Square, New York, on Friday night Photograph: Mehdi Taamallah/AFP/Getty Images

A pedestrian walks along a snowy path in Central Park Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

A man shovels snow along Winthrop Shore Drive on Saturday morning in Winthrop, Massachusetts. The powerful storm has knocked out power to 650,000 and dumped more than two feet of snow in parts of New England Photograph: Darren McCollester/Getty Images

Diana Capuano measures the 23in (58.4cm) of snow in her driveway in Deerfield, Massachusetts Photograph: MATTHEW CAVANAUGH/EPA

Two girls enjoy the snow as the blizzard descends upon Brooklyn Photograph: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis

A woman poses for photographers in front of a large snow mound before attend Mercedes-Benz Fall Fashion Week in New York Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA

A sledder heads towards Boston Common while trekking down a snow-covered street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP

Pedestrians battle wind, snow and sleet during the Friday evening commute in New York City. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

People explore the empty streets of downtown Boston on Saturday night Photograph: Jeremiah Robinson/Corbis

Snow covers the Long Island Railroad tracks in Port Washington, New York, on Friday afternoon. Parts of Long Island received up to 30in of snow. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Mike Streeter shovels snow in his front yard on Saturday as ocean water crashes over the sea wall just feet away in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Photograph: Darren McCollester/Getty Images

Snowfall amounts quickly grow as the blizzard continues through the night in Cambridge, Massachusetts Photograph: Nicolaus Czarnecki/Corbis

A man operates a snow plow in New York early Sunday morning Photograph: Keith Bedford/Reuters

People explore poet's Walk in Central Park on Saturday Photograph: Angelo Merendino/Corbis

Two dogs enjoy playing in the snow in New York Photograph: Angelo Merendino/Corbis

The covers the streets of Boston with a layer of snow on Friday Photograph: Rex Features

A New York sidewalk is seen covered in snow Friday night Photograph: Barcroft Media

Snowfall amounts quickly grow as the blizzard continues through the night in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Friday Photograph: Nicolaus Czarnecki/Zuma Press/Corbis