New York, Washington clean up after fatal blizzard

Millions of residents, business owners and workers began digging out from a massive blizzard on Sunday that brought Washington, New York and other northeastern US cities to a standstill.

The weather conditions left at least 19 people dead in several states.

The storm was the second-biggest in New York City, with 68 centimeters of snow recorded by midnight on Saturday, just short of the record of 68.3 cm set in 2006, the National Weather Service said.