Megan Spencer, 14, and Brooke Spencer, 9, front, test out a snow fort at their home in Grand Blanc, Michigan. More than 13 inches of snow was reportedly recorded for the Grand Blanc area.
This image captured by NOAA's GOES-East satellite shows a frontal system that is draped from north to south along the US East Coast. Behind the front lies the clearer skies bitter cold air associated with the polar vortex.
Lucas Hunter from Pittsburgh, walks to his hotel along Camp Road in Hamburg, N.Y. after a stretch of the New York State thruway was closed down due to high winds.
Ice crystals gather atop a frozen pond in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Temperatures in the single digits coupled with below-zero wind chills have prompted the closure of local governments, schools, and businesses throughout the South.
Ice covers the street and cross walk sign as Ann Arbor firefighters work to put out a fire that engulfed Happy's Pizza in Ann Arbor, Mich. Firefighters worked for several hours in temperatures that dipped to 15 degrees below zero to extinguish a
Ice builds up along Lake Michigan as temperatures dipped well below zero in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago hit a record low of -16 degree Fahrenheit this morning as a polar air mass brought the coldest temperatures in about two decades into the city.
Steam rises from downtown buildings as temperature begin to climb above zero for the first time in more than 30 hoursin Chicago, Illinois. The cold weather has closed schools, wreaked havoc on public transportation and forced more than 1,500 flights
A family braves the cold and walks along the shore of Lake Michigan as temperatures remain in the negative digits in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A 'polar vortex' of frigid air centered on the North Pole dropped temperatures to the negative double digits
Ice crystals gather atop a frozen pond in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Temperatures in the single digits coupled with below-zero wind chills have prompted the closure of local governments, schools, and businesses throughout the South.
A sedan sits encased in ice after firefighters battled a nearby fire in bitter cold below-zero temperatures in Louisville, Kentucky. Temperatures in the single digits coupled with below-zero wind chills have prompted the closure of local governments
Mist rises from Lake Michigan as temperatures dipped well below zero in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago hit a record low of -16 degree Fahrenheit this morning as a polar air mass brought the coldest temperatures in about two decades into the city.
A worker clears a parking place from snow in Zuoz, Switzerland. Weather forecasts predict ongoing winter weather in that region.
A tug boat navigates the frozen Mississippi River in St. Louis. As Missourians muddled through another frigid day Tuesday, the worst cold snap in nearly two decades was about to come to an end but many roads remained partly snow-covered two days
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.
Al Fanslau works to clear the driveway of his home at the corner of Morton and Botham Avenues in St. Joseph, Michigan, after a winter storm dumped 15 inches of snow in the area.
Blowing snow obscures the St. Joseph Lighthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan, as a winter storm moves through Southwest of the state.
Garret Kelenske, 49, works to remove snow on the sidewalk along Hoyt Street near Sacred Heart Church in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. He is the facility maintenance manager for the church and surrounding buildings which take up a city block.
A woman clears snow from her van as a strong winter storm moves through the Midwest Sunday in Springfield. Temperatures not seen in years are likely to set records in the coming days across the Midwest, Northeast and South, creating dangerous travel
Greg Rohde has an ice and snow encrusted beard after commuting to work at the University of Minnesota by cross-country skis along West River Parkway in the frigid -20 weather in Minneapolis.
A person struggles to cross a street in blowing and falling snow as the Gateway Arch appears in the distance in St. Louis. Snow that began in parts of Missouri Saturday night picked up intensity after dawn Sunday with several inches of snow on the