A pedestrian walks down a street as a flock of birds fly by after heavy snowfall in the region, in Carbondale, Illinois. A big part of the U.S. is getting a blast of frigid temperatures, sleet, snow and ice.
Snow topped homes at Fort Worth, Texas.
Vehicle traffic at a standstill on IH35 due to icy road conditions, in Sanger, Texas.
Livestock huddle as they feed in an open field covered in ice, near Corinth, Texas.
A lone vehicle is seen navigating through icy road conditions on a flyover in Denton, Texas.
Transport disrupted at the IH-35 E in Sanger, Texas. Icy sections of Interstate I-35 north of Dallas were closed for hours at a time over the last day as tractor-trailers had trouble climbing hills and accidents common.
A Texas Department of Transportation crew works to clear ice from the southbound lane of I-35W, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Photo shows icicles in the Whiteaker neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon.
A person walks on the beach after a winter storm delivered snow overnight, in Newport, Oregon.
A pedestrian passes beneath a snow-covered tree on Oak Street in Eugene, Oregon.
A boy wipes out while snowboarding at the foot of a hill at Laurelwood Golf Course in Eugene, Oregon.
A student of Oregon State University takes aim during a snowball fight with friends in downtown Corvallis, Oregon.
A woman skis home from work down Broadway Avenue in Eugene, Oregon. Forecasters expect up to 3 inches of snow in Oregon on the coast along with wind chills with temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees.
A man and woman dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, walk along Lake Harriet all prepared for the Reindeer Run, an annual 5 km walk/run event in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dallas County School buses 'topped' with snow in a parking lot in North Dallas.
A man secures his car with a rope as he tries to clear the snow surrounding the truck, in Wilmington, Delaware.
A man using a snow shovel to clear a road in Hockessin, Delaware.
Children sliding down the hill as the first snow of the season rolls into Hockessin, Delaware.
Emergency personnel respond to an accident on southbound Interstate 43 (I-43) in Mequon, Wisconsin. Numerous crashes, often involving multiple vehicles, were reported across virtually all the regions, from I-94 in Racine County to Highway 41/45 in
A man removes the snow from Christmas trees for shoppers following a winter storm, in Indianapolis. Several inches of snow fell on central and southern Indiana, making driving treacherous and leading to at least two fatal crashes.