‘Polar vortex’ freezes East Coast, Midwest
A polar vortex swept over the Midwest on Monday, with temperatures dipping below 0 degrees Fahrenheit in Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and other big cities.
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- The Chicago skyline is seen beyond the arctic sea smoke rising off Lake Michigan. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
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- The Chicago skyline is seen beyond the arctic sea smoke rising off Lake Michigan. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
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- A view of downtown as the Minneapolis area deals with record-breaking freezing weather January 6, 2014. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
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- Vehicles endure poor driving conditions along Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) in Merrillville, Ind. on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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- Ice crystals form on the inside of a window as the area deals with record-breaking freezing weather in Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
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- Firefighters from Engine 49 dig out a hydrant on Pershing Road in Chicago as the daytime temperature was registering minus 13 on Monday. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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- Steam billows from a smokestack in downtown St. Paul, Minn., as the area deals with record breaking freezing weather. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
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- Pedestrians walk past mounds of snow during bitter cold temperatures in downtown Detroit. (REUTERS/Rebecca Cook)
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- A pedestrian walks past traffic and mounds of snow during bitter cold temperatures in downtown Detroit. A blast of Arctic air gripped the vast middle of the United States on Monday, bringing the coldest temperatures felt in two decades, causing at least four deaths, forcing businesses and schools to close and canceling thousands of flights. (REUTERS/Rebecca Cook)
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- A penguin is used to hold a parking spot in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
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- A man drops salt over a sidewalk where several inches of snow was cleared as Detroit deals with record-breaking freezing weather. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- A woman covers her face from the cold as Detroit deals with record-breaking freezing weather. Michigan and most of the Midwest received its first major snow storm of 2014 last week and subzero temperatures are expected most of this week with wind-chill driving temperatures down to 50-70 degrees below zero. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- A man navigates through several inches of snow in Detroit as the area deals with record-breaking freezing weather. Michigan and most of the Midwest received its first major snow storm of 2014 last week and subzero temperatures are expected most of this week with wind-chill driving temperatures down to 50-70 degrees below zero. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- A woman uses her cane to navigate through several inches of snow along Woodward Avenue in Detroit as the area deals with record-breaking freezing weather. Michigan and most of the Midwest received its first major snow storm of 2014 last week and subzero temperatures are expected most of this week with wind-chill driving temperatures down to 50-70 degrees below zero. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Commuters make a sub-zero trek to offices in the Loop on January 6, 2014 in Chicago. Temperatures in the city dipped to -16 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- Commuters make a sub-zero trek to offices in the Loop on January 6, 2014 in Chicago. Temperatures in the city dipped to -16 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- Commuters make a sub-zero trek to offices in the Loop on January 6, 2014 in Chicago. Temperatures in the city dipped to -16 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- A homeless man bundled against the cold goes through the trash as temperatures dipped into the single digits Fahrenheit and minus degrees with the wind chill on January 7, 2014 in Washington, DC. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man bundled against the cold leaves a Starbucks with a hot coffee as temperatures dipped into the single digits Fahrenheit and minus degrees with the wind chill on January 7, 2014 in Washington, DC. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A woman covers her face to protect herself from the frigid cold temperatures though downtown Chicago. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
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- A woman is bundled up against the cold weather in Indianapolis. (REUTERS/Nate Chute)
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- People walk into the wind outside the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay, Wis, on January 6, 2014. Temperatures were 20 to 40 degrees F (11-22 degrees C) below average in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service. (REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich)
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- Commuters make a sub-zero trek to offices in the Loop in Chicago. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- A thermometer displays -11 degrees as commuters make a sub-zero trek through the Loop in Chicago. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- Chicago firefighters transport a woman to an ambulance following a minor commuter train accident in the Loop. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- A thermometer displays -11 degrees as commuters make a sub-zero trek through the Loop in Chicago. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- A woman navigates around several inches of snow and steam in Detroit. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Workers clear snow from a sidewalk along Woodward Avenue in Detroit. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Commuters make their way across the Chicago River during a sub-zero trek to their offices in the Loop. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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- A woman walks in frigid cold temperatures though downtown Chicago. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
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- A person walks past a snow-covered bus shelter in downtown Chicago. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
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- A man is silhouetted against the sun and arctic sea smoke rising off Lake Michigan in Chicago. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
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- A man is silhouetted against the arctic sea smoke rising off Lake Michigan in Chicago. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
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- A woman walks in frigid cold temperatures though downtown Chicago. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
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- A woman walks through a gust of blowing snow in frigid cold temperatures during winter in downtown Chicago. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
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- A temperature sign at Citizen’s Bank reports -5 degrees as a pedestrian makes his way through the early morning cold in Maplewood, Mo. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)
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- Linda Jimmerson makes her way through a snow drift in downtown St. Louis on her way home from work on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Meteorologists said temperatures were dangerously cold and life-threatening in some places, with 0 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 18 Celsius) recorded in Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)
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- A woman runs for the bus near 18th and Michigan in Chicago. The last time Chicago was this cold was February 1996, according to Accuweather.com. (Heather Charles/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
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- Motorists travel along Interstate-75 through several inches of snow as Detroit deals with record-breaking freezing weather. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- A snow plow clears several inches of snow and drops salt along Warren Avenue in Detroit. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Alison Mueller skies to work through several inches of snow along Woodward Avenue in Detroit. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Larry Thomas snow blows several inches from a sidewalk in Detroit. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Workers clear snow from a sidewalk along Woodward Avenue in Detroit through several inches of snow. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Pedestrians cross Woodward Avenue in Detroit as it snows. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Carly Strachan shovels several inches of snow from her sidewalk in Detroit. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- Blowing snow surrounds a transport ship along the Detroit River. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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- A worker uses a tractor to remove snow along Woodward Avenue as Detroit deals with record-breaking freezing weather. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
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