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Blowing snow impairs visibility in rural Linn County, Iowa, on Friday, Dec. 23.KEVIN CLARK / THE SEATTLE TIMES VIA AP
A car is left on the side of the road due to dangerous road conditions Friday, Dec. 23, in Seattle.KEVIN CLARK / THE SEATTLE TIMES VIA AP
Residents on Capitol Hill can be sporting weather appropriate spikes to combat the icy streets on Friday, Dec. 23, in Seattle.NOAA VIA AP
This satellite image made available by NOAA shows weather systems across North America on Saturday, Dec. 24.THE ADVOCATE VIA AP
The fountain is frozen as temperatures hovered in the mid 20's at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home in New Orleans, Saturday, Dec. 24.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Icicles hang from ornamental plants at sunrise Saturday, Dec. 24, in Plant City, Fla. Farmers spray their crops with sprinklers to help protect them. Temperatures overnight dipped into the mid-20's.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A farmer drives by an icicle covered fence as he checks on his ornamental plants before sunrise Saturday, Dec. 24, in Plant City, Fla.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Icicles hang from ornamental plants at sunrise Saturday, Dec. 24, in Plant City, Fla.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Icicles cling to strawberry plants at a field Saturday, Dec. 24, in Plant City, Fla.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A winter storm rolls through Western New York Saturday, Dec. 24, in Amherst N.Y. A battering winter storm has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes homes and businesses across the U.S. on Saturday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A person clears snow from the sidewalk during a snowstorm on Saturday, Dec. 24, in Buffalo, N.Y.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The high wind blows the snow across a neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday, Dec. 24.