Deep freeze: Ice vortex with -50C temperatures sends US running indoors
Mark Molloy and Metro News Reporter Tuesday 7 Jan 2014 7:44 am
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Ice builds up along Lake Michigan as the deep freeze bites (Picture: Getty)
A whirling mass of freezing air has brought heavy snow and wind chill temperatures of minus 50C to large parts of America.
The eastern half of the country has been hit by dense air known as a 'polar vortex' which has brought weather last seen two decades ago.
Lee Tuttle, 66, takes a break from blowing snow off of his driveway (Picture: AP /The Flint Journal)
Parts of the north-east and Canada have seen up to 60cm (2ft) of fresh snow fall and 3,700 flights have been cancelled.
Schools in Chicago and other Midwest cities are closed and people have been warned to stay indoors. The city of Indianapolis has banned driving for anyone other than those seeking shelter.
Three brothers built this 16ft high snow shark in their New Brighton garden (Picture: AP/Star Tribune)
Lake Michigan is frozen solid and ice breakers were deployed to clear the way for shipping.
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New York City plow trucks clear the streets of Times Square (Picture: Reuters)
'I have seen frostbite occur through clothing,' warned Douglas Brunette, an A&E doctor in Minneapolis.
Mist rises from Lake Michigan as temperatures dipped well below zero (Picture: Getty)
'It's not enough just to be covered. You need clothes made for the elements. You need to repel the wind.'
Allan Umscheid feels the bitter wind (Picture: AP /The Journal-World)
Indianapolis mayor Greg Ballard added: 'The cold is the real killer here. In 10 minutes you could be dead without the proper clothes.'
Marguerite Johnston uncovers her car (Picture: AP)
Forecasters said some 187million people in all could feel the effects of the polar vortex by the time it spreads across the country.
A cloud of steam from a manhole blows across an intersection in downtown Pittsburgh (Picture: AP)
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