In Photos: Deadly Deep Freeze Grips U.S. Midwest

Water vapor from the Mississippi river envelopes a bridge as sub-zero temperatures produce dangerous wind chills in Minneapolis

Photograph: Craig Lassig/EPA

 

A view above the frozen Lake Michigan

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Ice and snow builds up along Lake Michigan

Photograph: Kamil Krzaczyński/EPA

 

Workers shovel at the entrance to City Hall in whiteout conditions during a winter storm in Buffalo, New York

Photograph: Lindsay Dedario/Reuters