Cars are covered with snow after the snowstorm in front of the George Washington Bridge on Riverside Drive in the Manhattan borough of New York. United States authorities warned residents to stay indoors and stock up on food after a fierce winter
A man walks his dog along the Chicago River as the snow continues to accumulate in Chicago.
Sunlight streams through the windows of a building which caught on fire in Plattsmouth, Nebraska and the water sprayed on it by fire fighters froze.
A city bench and other structures are covered in a thick layer of ice after a nearby building caught on fire in Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
A man walks his dog, in Muskegon, Michigan.
Fierce winds blow snow as a snowboarder uses a shovel to build a jump, in Portland, Maine.
With the temperature a frightful 3 degrees Fahrenheit, a man shovels snow wearing a face mask to guard against frostbite, in Brunswick, Maine.
A car's windshield wipers stick out of its snow cover after an overnight storm dropped up to 7 inches of snow in New York City.
Children play on a pile of snow in lower Manhattan in New York.
An Amtrak train kicks up fresh snow as it speeds southbound, in Schodack Landing, New York. Thousands of domestic and international flights have been canceled or delayed in several US cities including at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport and in
Sanitation trucks outfitted with snow plows clear Fifth Avenue of snow, in New York.
A young girl sleds down a hill in Central Park after the winter storm Hercules in New York.
Pedestrians brave wind and snow as they cross Fifth Avenue in New York. "Incredibly, it may feel as cold as -50 to -60 (Fahrenheit) on Sunday night over sections of the north-central states with the frigid air remaining in place into early next week
A 'snow angel', a design, made in fresh snow, by lying on one's back, forming the shape of an angel lies along a Manhattan street following the winter storm Hercules in New York.
A man walks in the snow down a road along the shore in Scituate, Massachusetts.
Ice from breaking waves coats a house along the shore in Scituate, Massachusetts.
Water floods a yard along the shore in Scituate, Massachusetts.
A woman walks with her dog along the shore in Scituate, Massachusetts.
A boy is pulled along in a snow sled on 58th Street by his mother, in New York.
Waves crash against the sea wall near high tide in Scituate, Massachusetts.
A man clears snow from the steps of First Church Congregational in Boxford, Massachusetts.
A man clears snow on her property in Boxford, Massachusetts, where snow totals of 23 inches were reported. A winter storm that dropped nearly 2 feet of snow just north of Boston, temporarily shut down major highways in New York and Pennsylvania and
A man walks between houses covered in ice from sea spray along the shore in Scituate, Massachusetts. Wind-whipped, fluffy snow continued to fall across the state, buffeted by wind gusts at around 40 miles per hour. National Weather Service reported
Snowmen sit in front of the Capitol in Washington, after the winter snow storm hit the nation's capital.
Four homeless men warm themselves on a steam grate by the Federal Trade Commission in Washington.
A man warms himself on a steam grate with three other homeless men by the Federal Trade Commission, just blocks from the Capitol, during frigid temperatures in Washington.
A jogger runs on the National Mall, with the Washington Monument in the background, in Washington. After a storm blew through the Washington region overnight, roads are being cleared and many schools systems are closed.
A man digs out his car out on Arctic Ave, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gusty winds could bring what forecasters at the National Weather Service called 'very dangerous levels' of wind chill.
Fog shrouds Boston Harbor and obscures the skyline on Monday - AP
Two men dig their car out of plowed snow in front of their home off Broad Street after a snowfall in Pleasantville, New Jersey. Officials predicted that Chicago could see some of its coldest weather ever, with temperatures hovering around minus 10
A plane takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport as workers plow the tarmac, in Newark, New Jersey. The Governer declared state of emergency, urging residents to stay home. Schools were closed as temperatures reached below 20 degrees with
Water evaporates as it rises from the Saint Lawrence river in Montreal. A frigid cold snap has caused major problems in the region for commuters and people getting around as temperatures dropped to record lows.
A man pulls a sled carrying his daughter on an ice-covered Back Street in Accomac, Virginia. The Eastern Shore of Virginia woke to a dusting of snow with icy roads and below freezing temperatures. One of the coldest Arctic outbreaks in the past two
Tow operators work to salvage a wrecked jeep as they search for the vehicle identification number after two people were injured in a rollover accident on Westbound interstate 90 just west of the Bort Road overpass in North East Township, near Erie,
A Michigan State Trooper checks on a motorist who slid off I-75 in Clarkston, Michigan on Sunday. Michigan residents are stocking up in preparation for the harshest winter conditions in 20 years, with a foot of snow already on the ground, more on
Workers prepare to tow a car stuck in the snow in Yardley, Pennsylvania, after it skid off the road after the snow storm. The first winter storm of 2014 scattered up to 8 inches in some parts of Pennsylvania as residents were barely pushing away the
The satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the blanket of snow that stretches from the Midwest across to New England after a massive winter storm moved over the region. National Weather Service is
A man surfs in the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Hampton, New Hampshire after the winter storm kicked up the surf.
A pedestrian uses his cross-country skis on 58th Street during his morning commute in New York. The city public schools were closed from Friday after up to 7 inches of snow fell in the first snowstorm of the winter. There was no sign of respite from
An ice climber uses ice tools and crampons to ascend a frozen waterfall on the cliffs in Riegelsville, Pennsylvania near the Delaware River. Below zero temperatures have brought ice climbers out of hiding the past few days.
Frost covers the windows at a natural food store where a customer wearing a face mask braves zero-degree Fahrenheit temperatures to shop, in Brunswick, Maine.
A man clears snow from a vehicle in Albany, New York. A winter storm slammed into the United States Northeast with howling winds and frigid cold, dumping nearly 60 centimeters of snow in some parts. Exposed skin would suffer frostbite in as little
Three brothers (from left) Connor, Trevor and Austin Bartz built this 16 foot high snow shark in the front yard of their New Brighton, Minnesota home. It took them around 95 hours of work and they gathered the snow from houses in their neighborhood
A person struggles to cross a street in blowing and falling snow. The wind chill from the rare "polar vortex" could make it feel as cold as -60 Fahrenheit (-51 Celsius) in places, weather forecasters say, prompting authorities in several towns and
