Saturday, February 06, 2010 WASHINGTON: An “extremely dangerous” blizzard expected to dump record amounts of snow swept across much of the eastern United States yesterday, closing down the US capital and threatening to trap millions indoors for days. The National Weather Service (NWS) put the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area under a rare 24-hour blizzard warning starting at 10pm yesterday (0300 GMT Saturday). The storm, dubbed “Snowpocalypse” and “Snowmageddon” by many locals, stretched from Indiana to Pennsylvania and into parts of New York and North Carolina, creating treacherous travel conditions, shutting Washington area airports and leading several states to declare emergencies. The storm “will significantly impact most of the region through Saturday,” the NWS said. Forecasters said the Washington region would be hardest-hit, describing overnight yesterday to today's travel conditions in the area as “hazardous and life-threatening.” They issued a blunt warnin...
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