First blizzard of 2016 blankets East Coast in snow (85 images)

Jeff Dacanay dressed as Captain America participates in a snowball fight in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. on January 24, 2016. Revealers participated in the massive snowball fight organized on Facebook. A deadly nor'easter blizzard blanketed parts of the east coast bringing near-record amounts of snow, shutting down Washington, Philadelphia and New York city. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

A plowed road near I-270 shows the effects of a winter storm that smashed mid-Atlantic and Northeast records from Baltimore and Philadelphia to New York City depositing nearly three feet of snow in Frederick, Maryland, January 24, 2016. Photo by David Tulis/UPI

Gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery are seen covered in snow following a blizzard in Washington, D.C. on January 24, 2016. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

The sun sets behind park bench tables buried in snow after a winter storm that smashed mid-Atlantic and Northeast records from Baltimore and Philadelphia to New York City depositing nearly three feet of snow in Frederick, Maryland, January 24, 2016. Photo by David Tulis/UPI