Credit: Workers clear snow in front of an apartment building in a residential neighborhood of Washington, DC on January 25, 2026. A massive winter storm on January 24 dumped snow and freezing rain from New Mexico to North Carolina as it swept across the United States towards the northeast, threatening tens of millions of Americans with blackouts, transportation chaos and bone-chilling cold. After battering the country's southwest and central areas, the storm system began to hit the heavily populated mid-Atlantic and northeastern states as a frigid air mass settled in across the nation. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)
More people are shoveling their way into the hospital, DC-area doctor says
