Record subzero temperatures have gripped much of the U.S. this week, with more wintry weather in the forecast.
A "bomb cyclone" is bearing down on the East Coast bringing snow and icy conditions with it all the way down to Florida. The storm has already caused road closures in Georgia and some flight delays throughout the Southeast.
Rona Gromet, 61, disembarked from a Caribbean cruise in Charleston, South Carolina, only to arrive home to the states in a blizzard. A California resident, Gromet was forced to take shelter in a hotel, along with hundreds of other cruise passengers. Her Wednesday afternoon flight has been delayed until Friday at the earliest.
"Everybody is trying to get hotel rooms. Everyone is looking around for food – it's just, it's really crazy," Gromet said.
The frigid temperatures have been blamed for at least 12 deaths. Forecasters expect these cold temperatures and wintry conditions to worsen over the next few days.
Above: Visitors take photographs at the brink of Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Dec. 29, 2017.
Commuters brave subzero temperatures as they make their way to work in the Loop in Chicago.
Two women take a selfie photo in front of a frozen fountain in Bryant Park on a frigid day in New York City.
Two police officers set up a barricade in front of a bridge that was closed due to ice on the road in Savannah, Georgia.
A young woman visiting from Florida takes a photo of a frozen water fountain in downtown Atlanta.
Tony Sampson tries to warm up by a fire under the Eastex Freeway as temperatures hover in the 30s in Houston.
A coin-operated binocular is covered with snow on Goat Island at Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, New York.
Ice floats along the banks of the Hudson River at the Palisades Interstate Park in Fort Lee, New Jersey, with the George Washington Bridge in the background.
Omar Elkhalidi uses a wood shim to scrape ice off his windshield that accumulated overnight in Savannah, Georgia.
A farmer walks his horse across a barren field in freezing temperatures in Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Water squirts from a frozen fountain near downtown Charlotte, North Carolina.
A cyclist navigates the snow and ice in Charleston, South Carolina.
"There are snow-covered cars, icicles coming down from stop signs. It's really cold here," said Gromet.
Chloe Aiello contributed to this report.
