On Thursday, she was one of about 60 Erie residents waiting for volunteer crews to arrive and dig her out. In city after city, the heaps of snow and relentless cold bedeviled government services. In Western New York and Pennsylvania, snowplow drivers trying to clear the streets faced an obstacle course of immobilized cars. Temperatures dropped to negative 15 degrees in Pittsfield Charter Township, Mich., where firefighters spent two freezing, soaked days trying to douse a huge warehouse fire. They hung sheets over the doorways and made sure to run the water to prevent the pipes from freezing.

Source: New York Times December 29, 2017 01:30 UTC