A person walks near a blockade set up to deter federal immigration enforcement vehicles In Minneapolis, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A colossal winter storm that dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. sent temperatures plunging.
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Icicles cling to strawberries at a field Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Plant City, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 140th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, Phil’s handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)An iguana stunned by the cold lies immobile on a house deck, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in South Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Alex Taylor, 23, and his dog Daisy, make their way down a snowy hill in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)The Baháʼí House of Worship is seen from above on a snowy Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Wilmette, Ill.. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)Ice covers the confluence of the Allegheny, left, Ohio, center, and Monongahela Rivers at the Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Ice covers a tree branch Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. after a winter storm passed through area over the weekend. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)A person stands on a snow-covered ground along Lake Michigan as birds fly overhead at Montrose beach in Chicago, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)People look over the partial frozen Great Falls in Paterson, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Icicles cling to an American flag in Nashville, Tenn., (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Utility trucks are seen through ice covered trees Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. after a winter storm passed through area over the weekend. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)A harbor light is covered with snow and ice during a cold day in Chicago, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Ice floats on the Hudson River seen on the Staten Island Ferry, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)A person takes the Staten Island Ferry, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)Todd Thibaud, left, and his wife Susan dig out their driveway and walkway following a winter storm that dumped more than a foot and a half of snow across the region, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Haverhill, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)A tree downed by ice rests in a front yard just feet from a house in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Travis Loller)A group of children and adults build an igloo in the front yard of a home on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)A worker clears a street of debris and ice in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, following a weekend ice storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Newman)Ian Flood sleds down a street in his Beacon Hill neighborhood following a winter storm that dump more than a foot of snow across the region, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Secret Service officers help a car get out of a build-up of snow, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)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)People cross a snow covered street in the aftermath of a winter storm in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)A lineman works to restore power in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, following a weekend ice storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Newman)Melissa Welsh and Kevin Daly ski in Riverside Park 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)Abrar Omar walks through Manhattan during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)Emilia O’Brien, of Michigan, sleds outside the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Footprints mark the snow in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)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 plow clears snow in front of the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)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 walk past the Marine Corps War Memorial as snow falls, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)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)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)
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