- Title: Snowball fight ignites joy amid winter storm in Washington, D.C.
- Date: 6th January 2025
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 6, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF 'THE GREAT MERIDIAN CHILL BATTLE OF 2025' SNOWBALL FIGHT, INCLUDING A DOG CATCHING SNOWBALLS AND EATING THEM AND A PERSON HOLDING A SHOVEL FILLED WITH SNOW AND DUMPING THE SNOW ON SOMEONE, AT MERIDIAN HILL PARK BEARY MASCOT GIVING CAT LANIGAN, COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLEGE PROGRAM MANAGER AT SPECIAL OLYMPI
- Embargoed: 20th January 2025 17:58
- Keywords: DC Washington snowball fight
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Human Interest/Brights/Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001119406012025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The first major winter storm of the new year swept into the U.S. mid-Atlantic states on Monday (January 6) morning, closing down federal offices and public schools in Washington, D.C., after dumping a foot of snow in parts of the Ohio Valley and Central Plains.
About five inches (12.7 cm) had fallen in the nation's capital by 8 a.m. on Monday, according to the U.S. National Weather Service, with up to eight inches in some surrounding areas of Maryland and Virginia. The snow was forecast to continue throughout the day before the system pushes out to sea on Monday evening.
Amid the whiteout, Washington residents, including a playful dog, transformed Meridian Hill Park into a winter wonderland for "The Great Meridian Chill Battle of 2025," a snowball fight organized by the DC Snowball Fight Association.
The snowball fight included a person dumping snow off a shovel onto a fellow participant and a dog gleefully catching and eating snowballs.
The three airports serving the D.C. area - Reagan National, Baltimore/Washington International and Dulles - were all open, with crews working to clear the airfields of snow, but were seeing many flights delayed or canceled.
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