The Midwest and East Coast buried under snow, in pictures

As the January 2025 polar vortex is moving southeast to Florida, it left a trail of unusually low temperatures and heavy snowfall along the Midwest and northern East Coast.

The vortex caused a significant winter storm named Blair, which brought heavy winter chills to the area and left more than 60 million Americans under weather alerts.

The storm left some picturesque landscapes and provided fun and relief in certain areas. Still, it also disrupted everyday life and became a significant inconvenience.

The most prominent example is airports. In the picture, dozens lined up at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as flights were canceled due to the heavy snowfall in Illinois.

According to the BBC, As of early January 6 morning, 1,400 flights had been canceled for the day all over the country, grounding thousands of passengers.

The outlet said Kansas faced some of the coldest conditions, while the Washington DC area experienced hefty snowfall. Kentucky and Virginia declared a state of emergency.

Schools were shut down on Monday, January 6, in both states as they dealt with the heaviest snowfall during the afternoon and night of Sunday, January 5.

The frigid temperatures had experts in Kansas worried. "It's going to be a mess," meteorologist Ryan Maue told The Guardian, "this is something we haven't seen in quite a while."

In Washington, DC, residents took to the streets on Monday to make the most of an uncommonly snowy day, as seen in the picture.

The weather also allowed people to participate in the Great Meridian Chill Battle, an annual snowball fight, at Meridian Hill Park in the District of Columbia.

The National Weather Service also issued an alert for parts of New Jersey. New York also received some of the storm's outskirts.

In the picture taken in South Jersey, a covered ground sign clearly shows the level of snow that fell in the state.

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