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Photos: Massive winter storm sweeps across the U.S.

NPR | By NPR Staff

Published January 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM EST

Tess Walter, 7, makes a snow angel outside her home Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis.

An extreme winter storm is underway impacting two-thirds of the U.S.

Starting Friday and expected to last through Monday, freezing rain, ice, and dangerously low temperatures will stretch from New Mexico to the Northeast.

Thousands of flights have been cancelled and power outages are of catastrophic concern especially for the southern states.

We take a look.

Snow removal equipment clears roads in Storrs, Connecticut on Jan. 25, 2026.

Alex Aris cleans his car on Sunday, January 25, 2026 in Richmond, Virginia.

Tower Grove Park's Turkish Pavilion covered in snowfall on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in St. Louis.

Bus service continues along Silver Lane in Manchester during the winter storm on January 25, 2026.

A man works in a food cart during a snowstorm on January 25, 2026 in New York City.

People sled at Philadelphia Art Museum steps by the Rocky statue during a winter storm in Philadelphia, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

A persons hair is covered with snow as they pose during a snowstorm on January 25, 2026 in New York City.

A plow clears snow in front of the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Washington.

An aerial photo shows several inches of fresh snow covering a residential neighborhood on January 25, 2026 in Columbia, Missouri.

People participate in a snowball fight in Meridian Hill Park in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2026.

A farmer feeds cows on a farm in Cynthiana, Kentucky, US, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

A snow plow crosses the Brooklyn Bridge during a winter storm in New York, US, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026

Shannon White, who has been homeless for 30 years, uses a blanket to stay warm while walking to a day shelter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. January 24, 2026.

A de-icing crew works during the winter storm on a Southwest Airlines flight at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee.

A person walks in the snow in Little Rock, Arkansas. A massive winter storm is bringing frigid temperatures, ice, and snow to nearly 200 million Americans.

Ice crystals form inside a kitchen window in Lowville, New York.

Shoppers walk past nearly empty shelves at a store ahead of an anticipated winter storm in New York.

Cars drive in the snow on Interstate 630 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Yana Beeker, front, Roddy Peterson, behind, sled down a hill at the state Capitol during a winter storm in Nashville, Tenn.

Snow falls during a winter storm in Kansas City, Missouri.

Workers are bundled up at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ahead of an anticipated winter storm in Fort Worth, Texas.

Volunteers prepare cots at an inclement weather shelter ahead of a winter storm at Fair Parks Automobile Building in Dallas, Texas on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026.

Ice forms along the shore of Lake Michigan on Jan. 23, 2026, in Chicago.

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