US states in north east hit by second major snowstorm in a week

President Joe Biden departs after attending Mass at St Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware as snow falls (Patrick Semansky/AP)

A major snowstorm pushed through the north eastern United States on Sunday, less than a week after a storm dumped more than two feet on parts of the region.

By early afternoon, five to seven inches had already fallen in parts of northwestern New Jersey and southwestern Connecticut.