(Photo Credit : A pedestrian crosses a street in downtown Pittsburgh at mid-morning Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar))
1 / 9A colossal winter storm sweeping across the United States has left at least 42 people dead as of January 28, paralysed travel networks and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, as bitter cold settled in from the South to the Northeast. (AP Photo)
(Photo Credit : Snow covers houses in Rutherford, N.J., on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey))
2 / 9The storm brought crippling ice to parts of the South and heavy snow stretching more than 2,100 kilometres from Arkansas to New England. While conditions began easing in some areas on Monday, January 26, freezing temperatures were forecast to intensify by early Tuesday, January 27, worsening the plight of communities still without electricity or heating, as per news agency The Associated Press (AP). (AP Photo)
(Photo Credit : Plow trucks clear a street, as snow begins to fall during a major winter storm that swept across a large swath of the United States, in New York City, U.S., January 25, 2026. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon)
3 / 9Power outages and freezing conditions: More than 800,000 power outages were reported nationwide on the morning of Monday, January 26, with the worst-hit states including Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, according to poweroutage.com data cited by AP. In Mississippi alone, officials described the damage as the state’s most severe ice storm since 1994. (Reuters Photo)
(Photo Credit : In this image provided by the City of Oxford, Miss., snow and ice cover trees and streets as a winter storm passes through, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Oxford, Miss. (Josh McCoy/City of Oxford, Miss. via AP))
4 / 9Netizens described the situation “like a war zone” stating that trees and branches were snapping under the weight of ice which sounded like gunshots. Many people were reported to have been without heat, power and water. (AP Photo)
(Photo Credit : Snow and ice is cleared at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson))
5 / 9Travel chaos as flights are grounded: The storm wreaked havoc on US air travel, forcing mass cancellations and delays. Nearly 19% of scheduled flights were cancelled by late Monday, January 26, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium, while FlightAware recorded more than 5,200 cancellations and 6,500 delays across the country, reported news agency Reuters. (AP Photo)
(Photo Credit : Snow is cleared at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson))
6 / 9January 25 marked the worst day for cancellations since the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 11,000 flights scrapped. Major hubs, including Boston and New York, were severely affected, with Boston Logan International Airport reporting a 71% cancellation rate, as per Reuters. (AP Photo)
(Photo Credit : A plow truck clears snow on I-40 during Winter Storm Fern in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. January 24, 2026. REUTERS/Nick Oxford)
7 / 9Economic toll under scrutiny: Economists say the storm is also dealing a heavy blow to the US economy, though the final cost remains uncertain. AccuWeather estimated preliminary damage and economic losses between $105 billion and $115 billion, a figure disputed by several experts as excessive, as per AP. (Reuters Photo)
(Photo Credit : A snow removal vehicle clears snow in the Capitol Hill neighborhood as a major winter storm spreads across a large swath of the United States, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 25, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
8 / 9“Events like this storm highlight just how interconnected our economy is with weather conditions,” said Jacob Fooks, a research economist at Colorado State University, noting that severe weather can shave between 0.5% and 2% off annual US GDP, as per AP. (Reuters Photo)
(Photo Credit : Pedestrians walk down Fifth Avenue during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa))
9 / 9Bitter cold lingers: As snow continued to fall across parts of the Northeast, officials warned that dangerous cold would persist across much of the country. The National Weather Service said the Lower 48 states were set to record their coldest average low temperatures since 2014, prolonging disruption and recovery efforts. (AP Photo)
