Washington shuts down ahead of fierce snowstorm

A woman walks along the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on National Mall during a snowstorm in Washington March 6, 2013. A fierce snowstorm packing heavy, wet snow shut down the U.S. capital on Wednesday as Washington could get slammed by its biggest snowfall in possibly two years, with 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) of snow expected after the storm moved eastward into the Mid-Atlantic States, the National Weather Service said. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque