Arctic blast: Northeastern US shivers under record-low temperatures

A 'generational' Arctic blast brought dangerously cold temperatures to swaths of the northeastern United States and Canada, with forecasters warning that frostbite can occur in just five minutes.

People walk during cold temperature and high winds in Manhattan, as deep cold spread across the northeast United States in New York City.

Cars drive down an icy highway as cold weather moves through Dallas, US.

Sea smoke rolls off the ocean and frozen spray covers rocks and homes as an Arctic Front brings bitterly cold weather in Gloucester, Massachusetts, US.

People bundle up as they shield themselves from cold winds as the area is seeing record breaking low temperatures in New York City.