At least two killed after spring storm dumps snow on US north-east

Vermont and Maine worst affected areas while new wave of storms moving across southern and central US Sunday into Monday

At least two people were killed and hundreds of thousands of residents of the north-eastern US remained without power on Friday following a major spring storm that dumped up to two feet of snow in some areas.

Elsewhere in the country, others prepared for more severe weather that threatened to impede viewing for Monday's total solar eclipse.