An Arctic freeze turned a New York restaurant into an ice castle as freezing temperatures caused at least seven deaths, 2,500 canceled and delayed flights and left more than 100,000 without power.
The severe weather has led to record low temperatures across much of the country, with snow and freezing rain from the south to the northeast, with more than 140 million people under wind chill warnings or wind chill warnings.
New York City had its first significant snowfall in two years on Monday night and it will only get colder on Tuesday, threatening airlines and power grids, according to forecasts.
Hoak’s Lakeshore Restaurant in Hamburg, New York, on Lake Erie, was pictured with a so-called lake effect that made it look like an ice castle, with the owner saying it felt like he was “walking into the movie Frozen.”
Brutally cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills persisted across much of the U.S. on Monday, bringing the coldest temperatures on record during the Iowa caucus, stopping travelers and testing the mettle of NFL fans in Buffalo for a playoff game postponed a day by wind-whipped snow.
Hoak’s Lakeshore Restaurant in Hamburg, New York, on Lake Erie, was pictured under a so-called lake effect that made it resemble an ice castle
The harsh weather has led to record temperatures across much of the country, with snow and freezing rain from the south to the northeast.
The harsh weather brought record low temperatures to much of the country, with snow and freezing rain from the south to the northeast
The wind chills could drop temperatures below minus 30 degrees across the South and the Mississippi Valley, with nearly 80 percent of the country experiencing freezing temperatures over the next week.
About 4 inches were expected to have fallen on the Big Apple by Tuesday morning. By 6 a.m., there was 1.5 inches on the ground in Central Park, ending the city’s snow drought.
“The streak is over,” the weather service said of the city’s more than 700 days without significant snowfall.
“SNOW IS COMING,” Mayor Adams’ office tweeted earlier Monday afternoon. “It’s been more than 700 days, but between 6 p.m. tonight and 6 p.m. tomorrow, 1 to 4 inches of snow will fall.”
It will only get colder on Tuesday, which is forecast to pose a threat to airlines and electricity grids
General view of snow in Manhattan’s Washington Heights on Tuesday morning
A Buffalo Bills fan sits among snow-covered seats as he awaits the start of an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Monday
Snow and ice surround the Iowa State Capitol Building in Des Moines, Iowa
More than 85,000 U.S. homes and businesses were without power early Tuesday, most of them in Oregon after widespread power outages that began Saturday.
Portland General Electric warned that the threat of freezing rain could delay recovery efforts on Tuesday. Transportation officials urged residents to avoid travel as roads were expected to be dangerously slippery from ice, which could weigh down trees and power lines and cause them to fall.
Classes were canceled Tuesday for students in major cities including Chicago — the nation’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 died of suspected hypothermia. Another man was killed after a tree fell on his home and a woman died in a fire that spread from an open fire stove after a tree fell on a camper.
About 4 inches were expected to fall on the Big Apple by Tuesday morning
‘The streak is over,’ the weather service said of the city’s more than 700 days without significant snowfall
About 4 inches (10 centimeters) were expected to have fallen in the Big Apple by Tuesday morning — though there was only a dusting of dust on the city’s sidewalks by Monday evening
Brooklyn, New York, is pictured in snow Tuesday morning as an arctic freeze hits the US
A man shovels snow along a sidewalk on State Street in St. Joseph, Michigan, on Monday
Three homeless deaths in the Milwaukee area were investigated. 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 Saturday after being found in a vehicle and on Monday a 40-year-old man was found dead near railroad tracks, the Milwaukee Medical Examiner’s Office said. County said.
In Utah, where nearly 4 feet of snow fell in the mountains in a 24-hour period, a snowmobiler was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Sunday night about 70 miles (113 kilometers) southeast of Salt Lake City. the Utah Highway Patrol. The victim was attempting to cross US Highway 40.
In Wyoming, a backcountry skier was killed after triggering a 50-foot-wide avalanche. The victim was swept into a gully and through brush and trees and then remained buried for about 15 minutes before being found by a companion in the mountains south of Alpine, Wyoming, on Sunday afternoon, according to the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center.
Good Samaritans assist a driver after his rear-wheel drive vehicle became stranded on Rosa L. Parks Blvd. after a winter storm in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday
It was the third U.S. avalanche fatality in recent days, following a Wednesday accident at a California ski resort that killed one person and injured three others, and another that killed one person in the Idaho backcountry on Thursday. near the Montana border.
Swirling snow and avalanche danger prompted numerous road closures in the Rocky Mountains. East of the resort community 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 by mid-week, but another wave of colder air is expected to descend south over the Northern Plains and Midwest, reaching the Deep South by the end of the week.