An arctic freeze coated Michigan's historic lighthouses in ice after extreme temperatures, preventing seven deaths and over 5,000 canceled or delayed flights.
Mesmerizing images of the lighthouses on the shores of Lake Michigan in Barrien County emerged Tuesday as brutal weather brought record-breaking temperatures across much of the country, snow and freezing rain spread from the south to the northeast, and over 140 million people suffered from the cold Warnings.
New York City had its first significant snowfall in two years on Monday night and will be even colder on Tuesday, posing a threat to airlines and power grids, according to forecasts.
The most disruptions occurred at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday: 14 percent of flights were canceled and 57 percent were delayed. There were also significant disruptions at Bush International Airport in Houston and Reagan National Airport in Washington.
Wind chill could push temperatures below minus 30 degrees in the South and Mississippi Valley, with nearly 80 percent of the country experiencing below-freezing temperatures next week.
More than 120,000 U.S. homes and businesses were without power early Tuesday, most of them in Oregon, Texas and Louisiana, after widespread outages occurred on Saturday.
Steam rises from the shores of Lake Michigan in Evanston, Illinois on Tuesday
Children sledded in the snow in Washington, DC on January 16th
Brutally cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills continued across much of the U.S. Tuesday. Snow plows clear downtown streets Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Memphis
A woman is seen snowboarding in Memphis, Tennessee as the US is covered in snow
Snow-covered streets on Tuesday in Memphis, Tennessee
Brooklyn, New York is pictured early Tuesday. There had been no significant snowfall in the city for more than 700 days
Hoak's Lakeshore Restaurant in Hamburg, New York, on Lake Erie, was pictured under a so-called lake effect that made it look like an ice castle
Up to four inches was expected to fall on the Big Apple by Tuesday morning. As of 6 a.m., the ground in Central Park was 1.4 inches deep, ending the city's snow drought.
“The series is over,” the weather service said of the city’s more than 700 days without significant snowfall.
Hoak's Lakeshore Restaurant in Hamburg, New York, on Lake Erie, was pictured under a so-called lake effect that made it look like an ice castle, with the owner saying he felt like he was “walking into the movie Frozen.”
“SNOW IS COMING,” Mayor Adams’ office tweeted earlier Monday afternoon. “It's been over 700 days, but between 6pm tonight and 6pm tomorrow, 2.5 to 10cm of snow will fall.”
Iowa's presidential nomination contest experienced its coldest temperatures on record Monday, delaying travelers and testing the mettle of NFL fans in Buffalo as a playoff game was delayed a day by windswept snow.
The brutal weather has brought record low temperatures across much of the country, with snow and freezing rain from the south to the northeast.
It won't get colder until Tuesday, which is forecast to pose a threat to airlines and power grids
Photographers photograph the US Capitol after the first snowfall of the year in Washington, DC
General views of snow in Washington Heights in Manhattan on Tuesday morning
Portland General Electric warned that the threat of freezing rain on Tuesday could delay recovery efforts. Transportation officials urged residents to avoid driving as roads were expected to be dangerously slippery and covered in ice that could weigh down and topple trees and power lines.
Classes were canceled Tuesday for students in major cities including Chicago – the country's fourth-largest public school district – Denver, Dallas, Fort Worth and Portland.
The storm was blamed for at least four deaths over the weekend around Portland, including two people who are believed to have died of hypothermia. Another man died after a tree fell on his home, and a woman died in a fire that spread from an open-flame stove after a tree fell on a mobile home.
A Buffalo Bills fan sits among snow-covered seats waiting for the start of an NFL wild card playoff football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday
Snow and ice surround the Iowa State Capitol Building in Des Moines, Iowa
A snow-covered school bus sits in a parking lot in Wheeling, Illinois, on Tuesday
Up to four inches was expected to fall on the Big Apple by Tuesday morning
“The series is over,” the weather service said of the city’s more than 700 days without significant snowfall
Up to four inches was expected to have fallen in the Big Apple by Tuesday morning – although by Monday evening only dust had covered the city's sidewalks
Three homeless deaths were under investigation in the Milwaukee area. They likely died of hypothermia, officials said.
A 64-year-old man was found dead under a bridge on Friday, a 69-year-old man was pronounced dead after being found in a vehicle on Saturday, and a 40-year-old man was found dead near railroad tracks on Monday The Milwaukee County Coroner's Office said.
In Utah, where nearly 4 feet (1.2 meters) of snow fell in the mountains in 24 hours, a snowmobiler was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer about 70 miles (113 kilometers) southeast of Salt Lake City on Sunday evening, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The victim attempted to cross US Highway 40.
In Wyoming, a backcountry skier died after triggering a 50-foot-wide avalanche. According to the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center, the victim was swept into a ravine and through brush and trees, then remained buried for about fifteen minutes before being found by a companion in the mountains south of Alpine, Wyoming, on Sunday afternoon.
Brooklyn, New York is seen covered in snow on Tuesday morning as an arctic freeze grips the US
A man clears snow from a sidewalk on State Street in St. Joseph, Michigan on Monday
Good Samaritans assist a driver after his rear-wheel drive vehicle crashes on Rosa L. Parks Blvd. is stranded. after a winter storm in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday
Billie, a beagle mix, walks ahead of owner Brandon Crooks of Nashville as they walk near the Tennessee State Capitol after a winter storm in Nashville
A man walks a pair of dogs around the lake in Washington Park in Denver. Meteorologists expect cold weather across the Intermountain West to continue through midweek
The brutal weather brought record low temperatures to much of the country, with snow and freezing rain from the south to the northeast
It was the third avalanche disaster in the United States in recent days, after one person died and three others were injured at a California ski resort on Wednesday, and another accident on Thursday in the Idaho backcountry near the Montana border left one person dead Life came.
Swirling snow and avalanche danger led to numerous road closures in the Rocky Mountains. East of the resort town of Vail, Colorado, officials closed a 20-mile stretch of Interstate 70, the main east-west highway through the state.
Temperatures are expected to moderate during the week, but a new surge of colder air is forecast to descend southward across the northern Plains and Midwest, reaching the Deep South by the end of the week.