Temperature records have tumbled across North America, as a big freeze saw all 50 US states hit freezing temperatures.
The most extreme cold, blamed on a weather pattern known as the polar vortex, was said to have affected nearly 190 million people.
In Kentucky, an escaped prisoner turned himself in to get out of the cold.
Some parts of the Midwest coast hit -26C (-14F), as low as the Antarctic coast in winter, and much colder than the inside of a domestic freezer.
Temperature records were shattered in states across the US, including Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Michigan, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
The small town of Hell, Michigan, recorded a wind-chill temperature of -36C (-33F), prompting online jokes about hell freezing over.
Colder than Mars
But it was the town of Embarrass, Minnesota, that experienced the lowest temperature in the nation on Tuesday: -37C (-35F).
Credit to BBC
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