Descent: An animation has revealed how freezing
temperatures invaded the country this week, showing the northern most
states affected on Saturday
Picking up the pace: By Sunday, the Arctic air begins to plunge into some southern states
Blanket: Throughout the week, the cold
temperatures have reached into the southern states, as pictured, before
retreating slightly and then returning
Retreat: Cold air still blanketted much of the
country on Thursday and Friday, with temperatures in Minnesota reaching a
startling -29 F
Fighting back: Attorney Anna Hammond of
Frederick County, Virginia shovels snow from the sidewalk in front of
her East Boscawen Street office in Winchester
Frozen: Ice accumulates at the edge of the
Delaware Riverby the Phillipsburg boat launch in Phillipsburg, New
Jersey, where there's a possibility of snow
Wrapped up: People walk next to the Pond, which
is partially frozen, in the southeastern part of Central Park in New
York on Thursday
Biting temperatures: A fountain partially frozen into ice is seen at Bryant Park in New York
Mystic river: A barge motors through arctic
sea-smoke on its way out of Portland Harbor in Oregon where the
temperature at sunrise on Thursday was around minus 5
Eerie morning: Arctic sea-smoke rises from
Portland Harbor where the Bahama-based oil tanker the Teesta Spirit
unloads its fuel today
Fire and ice: The blaze at a Chicago factory
continued to burn last night - and was still going today - as fire crews
saw their equipment freeze up in bitter conditions
Emergency: Firefighters remained at the scene on
the South Side of Chicago today - but did not enter because conditions
were so hazardous
Winter wonder: A member of the Chicago fire crew
grips on as he makes his way across the frozen ground at a huge inferno
on the City's south side
Frozen wasteland: Fire crews have been unable to
bring a blaze at a warehouse on Chicago's South Side completely under
control because ice has completely frozen up there equipment
Beautiful storm: Icicles hang from the warehouse building in Chicago which continued to erupt in small fires on Thursday
Ice palace: A lone Chicago firefighter clears
ice from around a hose in freezing temperatures after a fire reignited
at the Chicago warehouse on Thursday
Grim conditions: A firefighter works next to an
ice-encrusted firetruck at the scene of a four-alarm blaze in a brick
business building in Lawrence, Massachusetts on Thursday night
Frozen in time: Ice-encrusted Dennis Ring, of
the Middleton Fire Department, just minutes after he was sprayed with
the hose during the Massachusetts blaze (right)
The big freeze: Firefighters spray down hot
spots on an ice covered warehouse that caught fire Tuesday night in
Chicago; temperatures across the country plummeted last night as the
mercury climbed as low as 50 degrees below freezing
Clinging: Icicles form on a fire hose as Windy City firefighters battled last night's blaze
Coated: A firefighter looked at the surface of the vacant warehouse; more than 200 men and women fought the blaze last night
Tricky situation: Firefighters were attempting
to tackle a blaze at this warehouse in Chicago but their water froze as
soon as it left the hoses
Mighty fire: Firemen required additional
equipment to fight the hot spots Wednesday morning, and also needed
steam heat to de-ice their ladders
Frozen over: Massive icicles hang off a ramp as
firefighters continue to fight the fire; officials say the blaze is one
of the largest fires in recent years
Frosty: Details of the warehouse can be seen through the ice; Chicago today experienced single-digit temperatures
Brutal: Gino Delgadillo of Chicago makes his way
through cold weather in Elgin, Illinois, , while ice forms on the
branches of a bush at Lions Park in Mundelein
Cloaking: Lawrence University student Joshua Hebda is bundled against the cold as he walks on campus in Appleton, Wisconsin
Bundled: Karen Gaskell wears a heavy muffler as
she takes a walk in Minneapolis, left, and right, a worker drives a snow
blower as she clears snow off a sidewalk
Occupy warm homes: A woman crosses Wall Street between amid the steam, in New York's Financial District
Winter mess: Ice coats the shoreline along the
Delaware Bay in the Reeds Beach section of Middle Township, New Jersey;
punishing winds and sub-zero temperatures whipped across the Atlantic
Seaboard
Midwest might: On one of the coldest days of the year, ice fishermen brave the cold on Bush Lake in Holly, Michigan
Four-legged and frozen: Sheila Helm walks her
English cocker spaniel, Jackson, near Lake Harriet in Minneapolis,
dressing him in booties and a hooded dog jacket
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