The Empire State Building is seen in the background behind a snow-covered car in New York Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. A slow-moving storm that blanketed swaths of the mid-Atlantic with nearly 2 feet of snow reached southern New England on Sunday, continuing its assault on the East Coast after causing at least five deaths, crippling travel and leaving empty stores normally crammed with holiday shoppers.
(AP Photo/Dan Goodman)