Effects of the blizzard on America's east coast: The US yesterday: 83 die as blizzards, tornadoes and flooding wreak havoc along the east coast from Florida to Maine

In harm's way: a car flattened by an oak in Gainesville, Florida; pedestrians struggle against the gales in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the owner of a flooded second-hand car lot in Crystal River, Florida, checks one of his vehicles.

Photographs: AP

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