A woman crosses a nearly empty street at rush hour during a snow storm in Washington

A woman crosses a nearly empty street at rush hour during a snow storm in Washington March 5, 2015. A large winter storm reaching from Texas to southern New England, which prompted school closings and led to almost 2,300 flight cancellations, had dumped over a foot (30 cm) of snow on parts of the eastern United States by early Thursday morning. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)