Snowstorm strands motorists, grounds planes in eastern U.S., Canada

A National Park Service worker shovels snow near the Washington Monument after a stormy night, in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2022. [Reuters]

A winter snowstorm creeping up the East Coast of the United States into Canada on Monday was expected to dump more than two feet (60 cm) of snow in some areas, grounding planes and stranding motorists.