Polar Vortex Across The USA Monday Jan 06,2014

Nearly 187 million people, more than half of the nation's population, were under a wind chill warning or advisory on Monday Jan 06,2014

The coldest temperature reported in a 24-hour period through Monday was -36 degrees at Crane Lake, Minnesota, while the warmest was 84 at Hollywood and Punta Gorda, Florida

Minnesota officials took the rare step on Monday of closing all public schools; schools in St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee were also shut and schools in Washington D.C. and Atlanta will also be closed on Tuesday

Thousands of flights have been canceled and JetBlue shut down its operations in Boston and New York-area airports in an attempt to correct the backlog of canceled flights; it will resume as normal tomorrow

Experts have called the temperatures and freezing winds 'dangerous and life threatening' - warning that skin can freeze in just ten minutes in wind chills of minus 50; parts of Minnesota could be hit with wind chills of minus 60

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency covering 13 counties in the western part of the state on Monday afternoon and more than 300 Army and Air National Guard have been mobilized

 

 

With wind chill warnings from Montana to Alabama, much of the U.S. is experiencing the coldest temperatures in almost 20 years - and there'll be no let up on Tuesday

On Monday Jan 06,2014,a man carries his shovel while walking through the drifting snow in Michigan

Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach as temperatures dipped well below zero on Monday in Chicago, Illinois