The US East Coast remained under the threat of menacing weather on Wednesday as a powerful winter storm loomed across the region after leaving in its wake power outages, grounded flights and several towns swamped with flood waters.

Winter storms in US: At least 40 people have died across nine states since January

The Seine swallowed its own quayside walkways earlier in the week and rose too high for Paris's riverboats to pass underneath the ancient bridges that ring Notre Dame cathedral.

Parts of Paris on standstill, as flood waters rise along Seine river

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