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In a Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 photo, morning workers pass a lone poinsettia left to remember Grover Perry, a homeless man who was found dead in a portable toilet on North Seventh Street in downtown St. Louis on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Police say another homeless man found dead inside a trash bin on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, apparently froze to death as the temperature dropped to negative 6 degrees (-21 Celsius). (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
- Robert Cohen
Water flows over the American Falls as ice forms in this view from the Canadian side in Niagara Falls, Ont., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Almost every year frigid temperatures transform the falls into an icy winter wonderland when the mist is blown back, freezing on the landscape. (Aaron Lynett/The Canadian Press via AP)
- Aaron Lynett
Visitors take photographs at the brink of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ont., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Almost every year frigid temperatures transform the falls into an icy winter wonderland when the mist is blown back, freezing on the landscape. (Aaron Lynett/The Canadian Press via AP)
- Aaron Lynett
Icicles form on the tritons in the Forsyth Park Fountain Tuesday morning, Jan. 2, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. Savannah is shivering through a rare bout with icy weather, with the National Weather Service predicting that up to 2 inches of snow and sleet could fall Wednesday on the typically balmy coastal city. (Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News via AP)
- Steve Bisson
Jeff Stuckey, left, and Erick Hernandez play ice hockey as frigid temperatures impacted Naperville, Ill. on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. The bitter cold continued Tuesday as the weather service issued wind chill warnings for northwestern and central Illinois. (Bev Horne /Daily Herald via AP)
- Bev Horne
People are bundled up after walking off the Statue of Liberty ferry on a frigid evening at Liberty State Park, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in Jersey City, N.J. The Northern New Jersey region continued to experience deep cold weather to start the new year. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
- Julio Cortez
Sherlin Galicia, left, Alexander Galicia, center, and Heidi Galicia play on the iced over pond at Overton Park while walking the dog, Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 2, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. The isce has grown a couple inches thick on the pond after several nights of sub freezing temperatures, which are expected to continue through the week. (Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal via AP)
- Jim Weber
Small patches of ice formed along the banks of the Hudson River near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Dangerously cold temperatures blamed for at least nine deaths have wreaked havoc across a wide swath of the U.S., freezing a water tower in Iowa, halting ferry service in New York and leading officials to open warming centers even in the Deep South. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
- Seth Wenig
A person sits bundled in a winter jacket while looking out over the midtown skyline in Atlanta, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. A prolonged stretch of brutal cold is taking a toll in the South, and temperatures in Atlanta are expected to dive well below freezing every night this week through Saturday night, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
- David Goldman
A coin operated binocular is covered with snow on Goat Island at Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Almost every year frigid temperatures transform Niagara Falls State Park into an icy winter wonderland when the mist of the falls is blown back, freezing on the landscape. (James Neiss/The Niagara Gazette via AP)
- James Neiss
Steam rises above the waters of the Mississippi River underneath the Eads Bridge as the temperature hovers around -1 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in St. Louis. Cold temperatures will stay throughout the week. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
- Laurie Skrivan
Jim Portis with the City of Lincoln, clears snow off the frozen surface of Oak Lake in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, as part of preparations to open the lake to ice skating. The lake's surface was deemed safe for ice skating after bone-chilling cold gripped much of the central U.S., breaking century-old records, icing over some New Year's celebrations and leading to at least two deaths attributed to exposure to the elements. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
- Nati Harnik
Icicles form on a outdoor string of lights as temperatures struggle to get above freezing Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in Houston. Plunging overnight temperatures in Texas brought rare snow flurries as far south as Austin, and accidents racked up on icy roads across the state. In the central Texas city of Abilene, the local police chief said more than three dozen vehicle crashes were reported in 24 hours. ( Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)
- Steve Gonzales
Tony Sampson, who received a blanket from Star of Hope's Love in Action van, tries to warm up by a fire under the Eastex Freeway as temperatures hover in the 30s Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in Houston. Plunging overnight temperatures in Texas brought rare snow flurries as far south as Austin, and accidents racked up on icy roads across the state. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)
- Michael Ciaglo
Water squirts from a frozen fountain near downtown in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Temperatures plummeted overnight to 2 degrees in the north Georgia mountains, 14 in Atlanta and 26 as far south as New Orleans as the Gulf Coast felt more like Green Bay. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
- Chuck Burton
A frozen fountain in Historic Forsyth Park still works despite freezing temperatures and rain, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. Only a few motorists ventured out in freezing rain that coated bridges and ramps with ice, forcing police to close roads and highways in Savannah. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
- Stephen B. Morton
Omar Elkhalidi uses a wood shim to scrape ice off his windshield that accumulated overnight from freezing temperatures, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. Only a few motorists ventured out in freezing rain that coated bridges and ramps with ice, forcing police to close roads and highways in Savannah. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
- Stephen B. Morton
Alora Freeman, 8, watches as ice builds along a downtown water fountain in Atlanta, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm scattered a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain from normally balmy north Florida up the Southeast seaboard Wednesday, adding to the misery of a bitter cold snap. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency through Friday for at least 28 counties because of the frigid weather. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
- David Goldman
Children from the Hoffman and Lynns families build a snowman on the public basketball courts in Forsyth Park, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency through Friday for at least 28 counties because of the frigid weather. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
- Stephen B. Morton
Seeing her first winter weather, 9-month-old Roxie, eats snow off the ground of the public basketball courts at Forsyth Park, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. A brutal winter storm scattered a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain from normally balmy Florida up the Southeast seaboard Wednesday. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
- Stephen B. Morton
A man walks past a frozen part of the Hudson River in Beacon, N.Y., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. Bitterly cold temperatures gripped much of the nation on Tuesday, testing the mettle of even winter-wise northerners and delivering a shock to those accustomed to far milder weather in the South. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
- Seth Wenig