In Pictures: A timeline of a mega-storm

As parts of the United States recover from a deadly blizzard, dubbed "Snowzilla", here's a look at a timeline of the storm in photos - from how people prepared for the advancing mega-storm last week to partial opening of business this week.

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Jan 26, 2016, 09:14 PM

A pedestrian walks across a snow-covered road during snowfall, in downtown Washington, DC, on Jan 20, 2016. Meteorologists on Jan 19 warned that the season’s first significant winter storm could be fast approaching. PHOTO: EPA

A customer waits in a line to purchase shovels and ice melt, as shoppers prepare for an approaching snowstorm in Washington DC on Jan 21, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A customer looks at the heavily depleted bread section of a grocery store, as shoppers prepare for an approaching snowstorm in Virginia on Jan 21, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Snow falls on members of the US Secret Service Uniformed Division K-9 unit on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC on Jan 22, 2016. A blizzard watch went into effect Friday (Jan 22) afternoon into Saturday for parts of Virginia and Maryland, including Washington and Baltimore. PHOTO: EPA

A group of students visiting the Washington DC area from Louisiana play in the snow along Wisconsin Avenue during a major blizzard in Maryland on Jan 23, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

People shovel snow on the sidewalk in the Woodridge neighborhood in north-east Washington DC on Jan 23, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A man struggles to clear snow from a sidewalk during a major blizzard in Washington DC on Jan 23, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

People participate in a snowball fight after the weekend's blizzard, at Dupont Circle in Washington DC on Jan 24, 2016. More than 4,400 flights were cancelled as the mega-storm ground airports in New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore to a halt, shuttered transport in the US capital and prompted New York officials to issue a sweeping travel ban. PHOTO: EPA

A Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority employee uses a snowblower to clear a sidewalk on Jan 25, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Residents of the Capitol Hill neighbourhood work to clean snow off their cars in Washington on Jan 25, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A newly married couple walk in the snow on the first workday following a blizzard that set a new single-day record for snowfall in both New York and Washington DC on Jan 25, 2016, in New York City. PHOTO: AFP

A plane departs from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington on Jan 25, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

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