Photographs: Darren Ornitz/Reuters
Most of United States is shivering under the worst winter the country has experienced in 20 years.
A strong polar blast has caused temperatures across the country to drop to zero or sub-zero levels.
Cities in mid-western United States are likely to experience colder days, and nights, than their counterparts in northern Alaska.
Heavy snowfall has crippled flight operations and brought life to a standstill in many parts of the US.
Relentless snowfall also closed schools and government offices, caused several deaths and left the region in the grip of bitter cold.
We bring you some motley images of an icy January in the US…
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Brian Snyder/Reuters
Travelers leave the subway station during a winter snow storm in Boston, Massachusetts on January 3.
A major snowstorm producing blizzard-like conditions brought bone-chilling temperatures and high winds from the lower Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast, with nearly 2 feet of snow falling in some areas of Massachusetts.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Darren Ornitz/Reuters
Tourists look at a camera to see photographs they took of themselves in a snowstorm in Times Square, New York on January 3.
A major snowstorm producing blizzard-like conditions hammered the northeastern United States, causing more than 1,000 flight delays and cancellations, paralysing road travel, and closing schools and government offices.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
A man walks up 5th Avenue at Central Park as it snows in New York.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
A person walks with dogs in the snow past Cedar Hill in Central Park in New York.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Brian Snyder/Reuters
A cyclist rides along snow covered Memorial Drive during a winter snow storm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Brian Snyder/Reuters
A National Park Service worker spreads salt on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Gary Cameron/Reuters
A man photographs the Korean War Veterans Memorial after a heavy snow storm in Washington.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
People ride a snow sled down Cedar Hill in Central Park in New York.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Zoran Milich/Reuters
Snow lies around the US national flag at Trinity Church Cemetery in New York.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Zoran Milich/Reuters
A snow plow clears the road of snow along the New York State Interstate in Tarrytown, New York.
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Americans 'chill' as freak winter sets in
Photographs: Zoran Milich/Reuters
People wait for their delayed flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
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