STORM JONAS: Up to 40 inches of snow on the East Coast, with at least 19 killed, 12,000 flights axed, flooding and cars stranded for 24 hours

×. 'Life threatening storm Jonas reach the east coast after battering New York and New Jersey'

×. Thousands of flight were canceled  while motorist in Kentucky were stranded in 35- mile jam.

×. New York shut down all means of transport till around 7am Sunday.

×. According to the police department, 19 people has been killed in weather related accidents.

The East Coast of America was getting ready to dig its way out of record-breaking snowfall this morning after historic storm Jonas battered the nation on Saturday.Glengary, West Virginia, topped the charts for the East Coast blizzard with an astonishing 40 inches of snowfall, but 67 locations, mostly in West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland, reported at least two feet of snow.
Baltimore alone saw record-breaking snowfall of 29 inches, Dulles International Airport outside of Washington was just behind at 23.5 inches of snow, which puts it third all time for that locationwith another eight hours or so of snow forecast, while New York City saw 26.8 inches – just 0.1 inches short of the 2006 record.
Ten states declared emergencies, with more than 12,000 flights canceled across the country over the weekend. Coastal flooding was reported in New Jersey, motorists in Kentucky and Pennsylvania were stranded for more than 24 hours, while the storm’s death toll reached 19. Thirteen people were killed in weather-related car crashes in Arkansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia. One person died in Maryland and three in New York City while shoveling snow.
Two died of hypothermia in Virginia.The New York Police Department's Chief of Department Jim O'Neill told reporters on Saturday one person on Staten Island and two people in Queens died. He released no further details on the deaths.Spokeswoman Corinne Geller says the Office of the Virginia Chief Medical Examiner has confirmed that two deaths are the result of hypothermia.
 Those deaths occurred in Hampton and Wise County, in southwest Virginia.State police did not release the names of the hypothermia victims or the time or circumstances of their deaths.
Meanwhile forecaster Ryan Maue said he was out of words to describe how bad the storm was, adding: 'This is going to be one of those generational events, where your parents talk about how bad it was.'

A woman decorates a snowman in times square since motorist are not on the streets except service vehicles

A woman walks on the East Falls of Philadelphia after a blizzard of hurricane forms a pathway.

Women jump up to take pictures in the snow.

Culled from Daily Mail.