After particularly mild temperatures during the holidays, the Washington DC area, the US capital, is hit by a heavy snowstorm.
The city is completely immobilized: schools and public services have had to close, buses are stopped and air traffic is disrupted.
But the twenty centimeters of powder that covers the city has not confined the inhabitants to their homes, far from it.
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The "Snowball Fight Association of Washington DC" organized a gigantic snowball fight between townspeople.
The inhabitants walk their dogs, make snowmen, go out to see the historical monuments of their city covered in snow.
“It's absolutely beautiful, ecstatic Kathrine, flight attendant.
However, we weren't prepared for that.
We were not supposed to be in Washington originally.
That's why we don't have the right clothes.
And everything is closed for shopping in the area!
"His friend, Zac Latham, is also under the spell of his city:" I have been to the National Mall to see the monuments probably 10 to 15 times, and it is like a totally new experience to see them under the snow.
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