Many schools announced that classes were cancelled through tomorrow and authorities warned people to stay off roads that remained snow-covered.
Bus service was suspended in the U.S. capital and subway trains ran only within the underground section of the network.
Snowfall totals of 20 to 38 inches blanketed a wide arch from West Virginia to southern New Jersey by early Saturday evening.
Churches cancelled services yesterday and millions of people dug themselves out of snowbound streets as the mid-Atlantic region struggled to recover from its biggest blizzard in decades.
More than 100,000 households were without power and two of the region’s three main airports remained closed after more than 30 hours of snowfall dumped two feet of snow across a region not used to big snowstorms.
Weather forecasters said another was due to hit the area tomorrow and warned of bitter cold temperatures following the “Blizzard of 2010.” ABC news said tomorrow’s storm could bring another 12 inches of snow.