A bicyclist struggles through a blizzard in Boston caused by a so-called "bomb cyclone" weather event.A man walks his dog through the empty streets of Boston as the snow begins to fall during 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.Children in Florida make snow angels after a dusting of snow Jan. 3.BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 01: A Polar Bear Club swimmer carries an American flag as the group makes their annual icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day, January 1, 2018, at Coney Island.Polar Bear Club swimmers make their annual icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day, January 1, 2018, at Coney Island.Polar Bear Club swimmers make their annual icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day, January 1, 2018, at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The temperature at the time of the swim was 17 degrees Fahrenheit.Members of the New York City Police Department patrol Times Square ahead of the New Year's Eve celebration.A jogger runs along the lakefront despite single-digit temperatures on December 27, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.A bicyclist navigates along the lakefront despite single-digit temperatures on December 27, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.A pedestrian crosses the street on December 27, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Frigid temperatures will be dipping into the single digits in the midwest over the next few days as Chicago faces one of the coldest holidays in a decade.Many in the northeast are also cold -- and buried in snow.A snow-covered truck in Erie, Pennsylvania.A man tries to dig himself out of three feet of snow that fell in Erie, Pennsylvania.James Achille (pronounced like Achilles) took this photo in his driveway in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.Steam rises off the Chicago River.
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A bicyclist struggles through a blizzard in Boston caused by a so-called "bomb cyclone" weather event.
