Firefighter Bobby Lehman, with his helmet and bunker gear caked in ice, tries to thaw out after battling a stubborn, wind-driven fire in Massachusetts on January 1, 2018. Picture:Christopher Evans/Boston Herald/Polaris/australscope
Massive winter storm hits US
WINTER has well and truly hit the east coast of the US.
Cash the mini dachshund walks down Newbury Street during a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. Picture: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP
A mail delivery person pulls her cart through the snow on January 4, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York. Picture: AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS
George, who is homeless, pauses in a church alcove, on the streets of Boston as snow falls from a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. Picture: Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
Friends visiting from New York walk to the bus station during a winter snowstorm in Atlantic City, N.J., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Picture: AP Photo/Matt Rourke
Snow falls in the South End neighborhood during a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. Picture: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP
Luggage carts are seen at the departures drop-off area in Terminal five at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 4, 2018 in the Queens borough of New York City. Picture: Rebecca Butala How/Getty Images/AFP
A man rides a bike across the Brooklyn Bridge during a winter storm, January 4, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Picture: Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
An empty baggage claim area is seen in Terminal five at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 4, 2018 in the Queens borough of New York City. Picture: Rebecca Butala How/Getty Images/AFP
A man stops to take a photograph with his smart phone along the water in Brooklyn Bridge Park during a winter storm, January 4, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Picture: Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
Vehicles drive in heavy snow on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, January 4, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Picture: Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
A vehicle parked on Abbott Avenue is surrounded by snowdrifts during a snowstorm that hit the New Jersey Shore, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Ocean Grove, N.J. Picture: AP Photo/Julio Cortez
A truck drives through flood waters while a massive winter storm bears down on the region on January 4, 2018 in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Picture: Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP
A person carries a shovel while walking down the street in driving snow, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Ocean Grove, N.J. Picture: AP Photo/Julio Cortez
A car sits in floodwaters from Boston Harbor on Long Wharf in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Picture: AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
A man shovels the sidewalk during a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in New York City. From Maine to Florida every state along the east coast is expected to have to deal with winter weather. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP
Pedestrians standing at the entrance of the Long Island Railroad are obscured by snow in New York, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Picture: AP Photo/Seth Wenig
Cars drive down Massachusetts Avenue during a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. Picture: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP
Chunks of ice cover the Chicago River Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Chicago. Sub-zero to single-digit temperatures combined with blustery northwest winds are predicted to create dangerous wind chill conditions in Chicago. Picture: AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
A man clears sidewalks on Newbury Street during a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. Picture: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP
A tractor works to clear Massachusetts Avenue during a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. Picture: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP
A bicycle chained to a tree is covered in snow during a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP
A city worker uses a snow blower to clear sidewalks as snow falls from a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, United States. Picture: Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
A man pushes a stuck car in the streets of Boston as snow falls from a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, United States. Picture: Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
A jogger is bundled up against the cold near the Chicago River, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Chicago. Picture: AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
BOSTON, MA - JANUARY 04: A city worker uses a snow blower to clear sidewalks as snow falls from a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, United States. Schools and businesses throughout the Boston area are closed as the city is expecting over a foot of snow and blizzard like conditions throughout the day. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - JANUARY 04: A woman walks through snow covered streets on January 4, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A Òbomb cycloneÓ winter storm, has caused every East Coast state, from Maine to Florida, to declare at least one weather advisory, winter storm watch, winter storm warning or blizzard warning. Mark Makela/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
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