An exceptional wave of cold has hit the Midwest of The United States.
Here there are two very symbolic images of the difficult situation:


(Union Colony Fire) Source

(above)
The firefighters had saved 2 dogs fallen in an icy pond of Greeley, Colorado

(right)
Icicles hang down from the statue of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield , Illinois

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___________(AP Photo/Seth Perlman)