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The Apocalypse and call it news because of its recurrence have given a name: Part. The second major snowstorm in less than a week began to bury the U.S. Northeast last night and continues unabated today.

When the nation’s capital began to ‘dug up’, another 25 inches of snow have frustrated snow removal services today are stretched to clear the streets and roads. Washington is now paralyzed. The federal government has declared that all its buildings will remain closed during the day and there is no public transport system, either bus or metro. New York City is practically a blank. Philadelphia and Baltimore have suffered the same fate. 

The airports are closed and hundreds of flights have been canceled, which meant that the traffic chaos due to the storm of last week now join thousands of passengers were trapped in different cities in the U.S. without returning to their places of origin.

Schools in Washington and New York have decreed the closure of the classes, affecting more than two million students. Snowplow crews are working shifts of 16 hours and still see how the steps are re-opened white cover in minutes. By some estimates, the amount of snow was coming in Washington obtained the absolute record since 1884, first year it began to snow accumulation register.

Supermarkets recall images of the former Soviet Union, with empty shelves and shortages of staples. The power outage affected the Washington region in more than 250,000 people, in some cases, have no electricity or heating and nearly a week. The forecasts are not optimistic, since “Apocalypse, Part Two” has not only complicate the already started rescue work, with hundreds of fallen trees that have dragged down to the old electrical system that is so representative of the panorama Washingtonian, with cables and Outdoor cables deployed more houses and lampposts. The National Weather Service continuously broadcasts warnings and warning against leaving the house because of the enormous danger it represents.