A colossal winter storm that dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. sent temperatures plunging.
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Secret Service officers help a car get out of a build-up of snow, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
Secret Service officers help a car get out of a build-up of snow, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
People cross a snow covered street in the aftermath of a winter storm in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
People cross a snow covered street in the aftermath of a winter storm in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A man digs a car out of the snow on Beacon Hill following a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow across the region, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A man digs a car out of the snow on Beacon Hill following a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow across the region, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Melissa Welsh and Kevin Daly ski in Riverside Park in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Melissa Welsh and Kevin Daly ski in Riverside Park in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Jack Grimes shovels snow off his roof before it could do damage to the building on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Wardsboro, Vt., after Winter Storm Fern dropped several inches of snow. (Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
Jack Grimes shovels snow off his roof before it could do damage to the building on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Wardsboro, Vt., after Winter Storm Fern dropped several inches of snow. (Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
A worker uses a snow blower on Wall Street, in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A worker uses a snow blower on Wall Street, in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Abrar Omar walks through Manhattan during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Abrar Omar walks through Manhattan during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Carrie Hampton tries to navigate a snowy intersection without spilling her coffee in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Carrie Hampton tries to navigate a snowy intersection without spilling her coffee in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Snow covers houses in Rutherford, N.J., on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Snow covers houses in Rutherford, N.J., on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
A person crosses a street during a snowstorm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A person crosses a street during a snowstorm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Emilia O’Brien, of Michigan, sleds outside the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Emilia O’Brien, of Michigan, sleds outside the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A lineman works to restore power in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, following a weekend ice storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Newman)
A lineman works to restore power in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, following a weekend ice storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Newman)
A person bundles up while walking along the shore of Lake Michigan at Montrose beach in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A person bundles up while walking along the shore of Lake Michigan at Montrose beach in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
People wait to cross the street in Times Square during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
People wait to cross the street in Times Square during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Sadie Eidson, left, laughs while playing in the snow in Central Park during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Sadie Eidson, left, laughs while playing in the snow in Central Park during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
People walk past the Marine Corps War Memorial as snow falls, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People walk past the Marine Corps War Memorial as snow falls, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Footprints mark the snow in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
Footprints mark the snow in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
