People who love snow have been waiting years for this moment.

By this I pronounce the beginning of the meridian chilt.

In Washington, D.C., hundreds of snowballs flew through the air Monday in a snowball fight that was open to all.

And since work and school were canceled across most of the city,

lots of people showed up. Michael Lippin was one of the organizers. It's been a decade. So we're here

to recreate some of the magic from 10 years ago. Maybe not exactly a decade, but it has been a long

time since a storm as big as this one swept from the Midwest through to the east coast.

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings in at least half a dozen states,

covering more than 34 million Americans.

In Kansas City, Missouri, Stephen Coranda taught his first grader Eldon how to use a snowblower.

All right, he's off. He's snow blowing.

That's too fast.

And in Cincinnati, Ohio, the city set a record of more than four inches of snow.

Miss Starr thought it was perfect weather to grill dinner on her back porch.

I like the grill in the snow because then I'm not sweating and I'm irritated.

Of course, winter storms aren't all snowball fights and barbecues. There were also major disruptions

and even fatalities. By late Monday morning, more than 300,000 people had lost power, more than

a third of those in Virginia. Thousands of flights were canceled. In Missouri alone, the state highway patrol reported more than 300 vehicle crashes.

So that's what some parts of the country have been dealing with.

And now other parts of the U.S. are looking ahead to their own extreme weather forecasts.

Parts of Texas are under a winter storm watch.

Governor Greg Abbott issued a state of emergency there.

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