A 1,000-mile ‘coast-to-coast’ snow blizzard and deadly ice blitz threatens the ‘worst winter storm in a century’. As Winter Storm Enzo paralyses roads, flights and transport networks, forecasters warn there is worse to come.

Snow and ice had ground road travel at a halt in some places, and at least two people died in Texas. Many school districts had closed throughout a region unaccustomed to snow.