A blizzard which battered the US east coast has broken snowfall records, with weather experts warning that February could see conditions worsening.

The extreme weather has resulted in the deaths of at least 35 people in 10 states. Thousands of homes have been left without power with the heavy snow boosting demand for heating fuels as storm-related disruptions are forcing people to stay inside. Approximately 700 US flights have been cancelled, with the worst-hit airports Newark Liberty and Washington Dulles, according an air travel website.

Washington DC has begun to slowly moved toward normality, with improved transportation, although running on a "severe snow" schedule with residents beginning to start clearing the deep snow which has caused billions of dollars of damage.

Trains and buses have only just restarted a near-normal service, while federal offices remained closed. Those in Maryland saw their commuter rail line resuming to limited service but Virginia's are yet to reopen.

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Many cars remain buried and sidewalks blocked by nearly two feet of snowfall in the Columbia Heights neighbourhood following the weekend blizzard Chip Somodevilla/ Getty Images
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A women carries a dog past a car that is buried with snow in Washington, DC Mark Wilson/ Getty Images
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People wait at a bus stop while the DC area recovers from a weekend blizzard in Washington, DC Brendan Smialowski/ AFP
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Mike Mazza (R) and his son Gabriel stand outside of their subdivision attempting to get plow service for streets in Gaithersburg, Maryland Gary Cameron/ Reuters
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A worker clears snow from a bus shelter in Washington, DC Jonathan Ernst/ Reuters
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A woman attempts to dig her car out from underneath nearly 20 inches of snow in the Columbia Heights neighborhood following the weekend blizzard in Washington, DC Chip Somodevilla/ Getty Images
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Two men argue after their cars came head-to-head on a street narrowed by snowfall in the Columbia Heights neighborhood following the weekend blizzard in Washington, DC Chip Somodevilla/ Getty Images
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A car is stuck in snow along a street in Washington, DC three days after a massive snowstorm Nicholas Kamm/ AFP
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A table marks a dug out parking spot on a street in Washington, DC Nicholas Kamm/ AFP
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A man shovels snow on the unplowed 68th road in the Middle Village section of the Queens borough of New York Shannon Stapleton/ Reuters

New York City is beginning to see the snow melting, allowing locals to begin the mass-clean up, after witnessing a snowfall that fell just short of a record. The overall snowfall was approximately 26.8 inches in Central Park, making it New York's second biggest winter storm since records began in 1869. Despite the extreme weather, schools and the New York Stock Exchange stayed open, even though sidewalk entrances were blocked by mounds of snow.

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Pedestrians walk between snow banks as they cross First Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City Mike Segar/ Reuters
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A woman walks on a slush and snow covered street in the SoHo section of Manhattan in New York Brendan McDermid/ Reuters
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An abandoned plow blade is seen on L Street while the area recovers from a weekend blizzard in Washington, DC Brendan Smialowski/ AFP
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A tiny snowman sits on an overpass near Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium after Winter Storm Jonas covered the region with more than two feet of snow in Washington, DC Chip Somodevilla/ Getty Images
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Dump trucks line up at the RFK Stadium parking lot during a massive snow removal operation in Washington, DC Gary Cameron/ Reuters
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A man walks with a shovel past a snow bank in the Elmhurst section of the Queens borough of New York Shannon Stapleton/ Reuters
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A street sign rises over a snow pile in lower Manhattan in New York Brendan McDermid/ Reuters
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A phone booth is pictured covered in snow in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York Carlo Allegri/ Reuters
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A snow plow attempts to move deep snow on a residential street in Silver Spring, Maryland Gary Cameron/ Reuters
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