Photos: Winter storm unleashes severe weather across North America

Dec. 28 | Buffalo

Vehicles drive down Jefferson Avenue. Clean-up efforts remain underway after a blizzard hit four Western New York counties.

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Dec. 29 | Buffalo

The National Guard works to control traffic to allow for plows and other services to help clear the snow off the road.

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Dec. 29 | Buffalo

A payloader dumps snow from Hagen Street as cleanup continues.

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Dec. 29 | Buffalo

Members of the National Guard wait for deployment instruction at the Connecticut Street Armory.

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Dec. 29 | Buffalo

A person removes snow from the front of his driveway.

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Dec. 28 | Fort Erie, Ontario

A person and dog walk by homes covered in ice at the waterfront community of Crystal Beach.

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Dec. 28 | Buffalo

An excavator, center bottom, travels on Richmond Avenue.

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Dec. 28 | Buffalo

The task of clearing snow.

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Dec. 28 | Buffalo

Utility workers repair damaged power lines.

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Dec. 28 | Buffalo

A woman helps jump-start car that was abandoned and then towed to a parking lot.

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Dec. 28 | Buffalo

National Guard members check on residents.

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Dec. 28 | Buffalo

A car sits buried in snow.

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Dec. 27 | Lackawanna, N.Y.

A gas station canopy lies toppled after high winds and heavy snow passed through the area.

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Dec. 27 | Lackawanna, N.Y.

A snowplow makes its way along Ridge Road.

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Dec. 27 | Buffalo

Bobcats dump snow into a container that will be hauled away on a truck.

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Dec. 27 | Buffalo

Residents on Woodside Drive clear snow from the street.

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Dec. 27 | Buffalo

Angelo Milioto, 13, shovels snow away from his home.

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Dec. 27 | Buffalo

Good Samaritans help to free a car on South Park Avenue.

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Dec. 27 | Buffalo

People stand in line to pay at Price Rite grocery store on Elmwood Street.

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Dec. 27 | Buffalo

Pedestrians and cars make their way along Elmwood street.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

Workers use heavy equipment to clear snow from Richmond Avenue.

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Dec. 26 | Amherst, N.Y.

A woman clears snow from her driveway.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

Neighbors help a motorist stuck in the snow.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

People and vehicles traverse Main Street.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

Utility crews gather to help restore power.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

Christian Parker works to free his car.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

Firefighters take on a house fire on Lonsdale Road.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

An excavator digs into Potomac Avenue to repair a water line.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

A family walks past Cameron's 24 Hour Store.

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Dec. 26 | Los Angeles

Travelers wait at a Southwest Airlines baggage counter to retrieve their bags after flight cancellations at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Dec. 26 | Hamburg, N.Y.

Paul Daruszka clears his driveway.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

Ice builds up on Lake Erie at the Erie Basin Marina.

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Dec. 26 | Buffalo

Stranded vehicles line the street.

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Dec. 25 | Cheektowaga, N.Y.

Snow blankets a neighborhood.

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Dec. 25 | Buffalo

Martin Haslinger clears snow from the front of his home.

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Dec. 25 | Lancaster, N.Y.

Snowplows clear the roads.

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Dec. 25 | Buffalo

People free cars that are stuck in the snow.

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Dec. 25 | Amherst, N.Y.

A man clears snow from his roof.

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Dec. 25 | Buffalo

A car is buried in snow.

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Dec. 25 | Buffalo

Two people walk through the snow on their front lawn.

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Dec. 25 | Buffalo

People spend time in one of many warming shelters set up around the city.

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Dec. 25 | Dallas

Passengers wait to board a Southwest flight to Washington D.C. at Dallas Love Field, where many flights were delayed.

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Dec. 25 | Buffalo

Abandoned vehicles are scattered along the roadway.

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Dec. 25 | Buffalo

Members of the New York National Guard help to free a car stuck in the snow.

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Dec. 25 | Buffalo

Vehicles are seen abandoned in heavy snowfall in downtown Buffalo.

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Dec. 24 | Buffalo

Gamaliel Vega tries to dig out his car on Lafayette Avenue after he got stuck in a snowdrift about a block from home.

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Dec. 24 | Buffalo

Jessica Chan navigates deep snow.

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Dec. 24 | Louisville

A row of tents sit surrounded by snow at The Hope Village, a secure tent encampment established for homeless people.

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Dec. 24 | Louisville

Christopher, a homeless man, plays with his dog Brodie while reading his bible at an emergency shelter in Broadbent Arena.

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Dec. 24 | Hamburg, N.Y.

Hoak's restaurant is covered in ice from the spray of Lake Erie waves during a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region.

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Dec. 24 | Buffalo

A man walks down the street during the storm.

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Dec. 24 | Buffalo

Drivers are finding themselves stuck in the snow and having to leave their vehicles behind.

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Dec. 24 | Nashville

Crews remove tarps that covered the field overnight before an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans.

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Dec. 24 | Anne Arundel County, Md.

Holiday travelers wait on the platform to board the Northeast Amtrak regional train 164 on their way north on Christmas Eve.

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Dec. 24 | New Orleans

A frozen fountain is seen at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home.

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Dec. 24 | Plant City, Fla.

Icicles hang from ornamental plants at sunrise.

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Dec. 23 | Erie County, Ohio

Rescuers at the scene of a multivehicle crash in which four people died and multiple people were injured on the Ohio Turnpike.

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Dec. 23 | Nashville

Antonio Smothers jump-starts his vehicle after a winter storm moved through the region, leaving behind freezing rain, snow and below-freezing temperatures.

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Dec. 23 | Chicago

A man walks along Lake Michigan at sunrise.

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Dec. 23 | Boston

Travelers await security checks at Logan International Airport. The winter storm is causing holiday travel chaos, with thousands of flights canceled and major highways closed.

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Dec. 22 | Bloomington, Minn.

Travelers in line at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Severe weather has caused disruptions to travel nationwide.

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Dec. 22 | Chicago

An escalator leads to a train station in Chicago’s downtown Loop.

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Dec. 22 | Milwaukee

Donna Turner, 39, and her son Elijah Terry, 4, shelter from the storm at Capuchin Community Services House of Peace in downtown Milwaukee.

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Dec. 22 | Chicago

Commuters navigate a snow-covered Kennedy Expressway during a lighter-than-usual evening rush hour as temperatures hang in the single-digits.

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Dec. 23 | Milwaukee

Below-zero temperatures descend on the city after it received just more than an inch of snow in the past 24 hours.

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Dec. 23 | Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Visitors get splashed with sea spray while photographing the Portland Head Light.

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Dec. 23 | Boston

Brooks Payne photographs floodwaters during high tide along Long Wharf.

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Dec. 23 | Westport, Mass.

Rocks thrown up by the high surf and wind cover East Beach Road.

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Dec. 23 | Buffalo

A tree that fell due to high winds rests on a vehicle.

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Dec. 23 | Grand Rapids, Mich.

Francisco Erazo uses a snowblower to clear the snow.

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Dec. 23 | Byron Center, Mich.

Vehicles rest along the Highway 131.

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Dec. 23 | Louisville

Vehicles travel along a highway under freezing temperatures.

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Dec. 23 | Denver

Travelers sleep while others line up, below, to pass through a security checkpoint in Denver International Airport.

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Dec. 22 | Hazleton Pa.

Snow begins to fall as a winter storm passes through the area.

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Dec. 22 | Dallas

Birds fly over a fog-covered pond.

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Dec. 22 | Arlington, Va.

Airport operations are normal at Reagan National Airport, but severe weather is expected to reach the region by Friday.

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Dec. 22 | Wichita

A pedestrian walks through downtown during a snow squall.

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Dec. 22 | Minneapolis

Javier Galicia clears snow from a sidewalk.

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Dec. 22 | Urbandale, Iowa

A resident shovels snow off the end of a driveway.

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Dec. 22 | Chicago

A Chicago Transit Authority train arrives at the Roosevelt train station as the leading edge of a winter storm strikes.

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Dec. 22 | St. Louis

Vehicles travel in snow on Interstate 44.

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Dec. 21 | Des Moines

Greg Behrens tries to stay warm as he makes his way on a snow-covered sidewalk.

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