Winter Storm | icy Hudson River views as arctic freeze grips New York
The Midtown Manhattan skyline of New York City is seen as ice floats on the Hudson River on January 28, 2026. A life-threatening freeze is gripping large swaths of the United States after a monster storm caused at least 38 deaths from the Deep South to the Northeast, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and sent air travel into chaos. Another Arctic blast expected this weekend could deliver fresh misery for more than 100 million Americans, with record low temperatures and another major storm threatening -- even as municipalities are digging out from deep piles of snow and ice. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - A view of the Lower Manhattan skyline of New York City is seen as ice floats on the Upper Bay at the mouth of the Hudson River on January 28, 2026. A life-threatening freeze is gripping large swaths of the United States after a monster storm caused at least 38 deaths from the Deep South to the Northeast, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and sent air travel into chaos. Another Arctic blast expected this weekend could deliver fresh misery for more than 100 million Americans, with record low temperatures and another major storm threatening -- even as municipalities are digging out from deep piles of snow and ice.
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An aerial view of the Hudson River as a barge makes it way through the icy river during freezing temperatures, seen from the Edge observation deck in New York City on January 28, 2026. A life-threatening freeze is gripping large swaths of the United States after a monster storm caused at least 38 deaths from the Deep South to the Northeast, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and sent air travel into chaos. Another Arctic blast expected this weekend could deliver fresh misery for more than 100 million Americans, with record low temperatures and another major storm threatening -- even as municipalities are digging out from deep piles of snow and ice.
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People visit the Edge observation deck during freezing temperatures in New York City on January 28, 2026. A life-threatening freeze is gripping large swaths of the United States after a monster storm caused at least 38 deaths from the Deep South to the Northeast, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and sent air travel into chaos. Another Arctic blast expected this weekend could deliver fresh misery for more than 100 million Americans, with record low temperatures and another major storm threatening -- even as municipalities are digging out from deep piles of snow and ice. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)
ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty Images
Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images
The Statue of Liberty (R) and the Verrazzano Bridge (L) are seen in the distance as ice floats in the Hudson River on January 28, 2026. A life-threatening freeze is gripping large swaths of the United States after a monster storm caused at least 38 deaths from the Deep South to the Northeast, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and sent air travel into chaos. Another Arctic blast expected this weekend could deliver fresh misery for more than 100 million Americans, with record low temperatures and another major storm threatening -- even as municipalities are digging out from deep piles of snow and ice.
CHARLY TRIBALLEAU, AFP Via Getty Images
ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty Images
NEW YORK, -JANUARY 27: A ferry maneuvers through ice floats covering part of the Hudson River along the Manhattan shoreline as New York City experiences frigid temperatures following a winter storm over the weekend on January 27, 2026, in New York City. New York received up to a foot of snow in a winter storm that swept through large parts of the country, resulting in numerous deaths, power outages, and accidents.
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Seth Harrison/The Journal News
Icy river conditions caused service disruptions on the Haverstraw-to-Ossining ferry service. Wednesday, January 21, 2026. The Haverstraw-to-Ossining ferry supplements Metro-North's west-of-Hudson commuter service, In place of the ferry service. Metro-North pis providing bus between Haverstraw and the Tarrytown train station.
