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A person bundles up while walking along the shore of Lake Michigan at Montrose beach in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
People take photos at Lake Michigan in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A person takes photos at Montrose beach in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A bicycle is covered with scow at North Avenue beach in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Lake Michigan is covered with snow with the skyline in the background in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A man crosses a street while cross-country skiing on a walking trail Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
A worker throws salt onto the pavement Jan. 25 to melt ice in downtown Indianapolis.
Ice is seen during a winter weather event, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Kennesaw, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Ice covers tree limbs during a winter storm Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
People sled at Philadelphia Art Museum steps by the Rocky statue during a winter storm in Philadelphia, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Airport crew plow snow during a winter storm in Philadelphia, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Airport crew plow snow during a winter storm in Philadelphia, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A lineman works to restore power Jan. 26 in Oxford, Miss., after a weekend ice storm.
Snow and ice are cleared Jan. 26 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va.
Pedestrians walk Jan. 25 along Fifth Avenue in New York City during a winter storm.
Clouds cover Jan. 26 the top of One World Trade, top center, as ice crowds the Hudson River in New York City.
D.C. water crews work around snow piles Jan. 26 to repair a water main break in Washington.
The deadly and widespread winter storm that recently paralyzed much of the East with ice, snow and cold is also taking a multi-billion dollar bite out of the U.S. economy, experts figure.
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