Here's a look at the widespread impacts of the winter storm and its unusual reach
Millions of Americans reeling from a deadly storm and massive power outages are about to get walloped by more winter weather.
On Tuesday alone, at least 20 cities suffered their coldest weather in history. Many more new records are expected this week.
At least 15 people have died in weather-related vehicle crashes since the cold temperatures set in. In Oklahoma alone, 123 people were hospitalized Monday with weather-related injuries.
And in North Carolina, at least three people were killed when an overnight tornado shredded parts of Brunswick County.
Here’s a look at some of the wild moments this weather has caused:
A suburban Nashville man's surveillance camera captured a wild incident Sunday.
Adam Schwegman was leaving home to pick up his daughter from a sleepover, when his truck started sliding down the road. It's hard to tell from the video — but that road in covered in a sheet of ice.
Schwegman says he played it cool and watching a parked car at the bottom of the hill — bracing for a potential impact. Luckily, he didn't — his truck finally stopped before hitting the car. Schwegman estimates he slid about 150 yards. Schwegman then drove slowly to pick up his daughter.
An apparent tornado killed three people and injured 10 others as it struck a coastal North Carolina town, authorities said. It was spawned along the edge of the same weather system bringing bitterly cold temperatures to much of the nation.
“The sky lit up and there was a lot of pop-pop-popping. And the loud thunder. And then it sounded like a train, a freight train coming through. The roar of a freight train. That’s when all the damage occurred,” Sharon Benson, who lives in the neighborhood, said by phone.
The tornado hit just before midnight Monday, ripping open homes, flipping cars and uprooting trees in Ocean Ridge Plantation, said Ed Conrow, Brunswick County's emergency services director. Dozens of other homes were damaged by the “fierce tornado," Gov. Roy Cooper said in a tweet.
A multi-vehicle crash near Oklahoma City was chaotic on Sunday, with semitrucks burning and cars pinned against them.
Luckily, one man took it upon himself to save someone who was stuck in the middle of it all.
“He was my angel there. If he wasn’t there, this would have been a different story,” said Tyler Caldwell, who was rescued after being trapped by two semitrucks.
Take a look at the video above as Tyler recounts the harrowing moments after the crash
In Kentucky, video from the state Transportation Cabinet shows how they use "synchronized snow plowing" to clear snowy roads.
In the video above, see how plows removed snow from the barrier wall along Interstate 75 in Kentucky.
This came in handy after Kentucky was pummeled with snow and sleet Monday.
Texas, a state not used to brutal winter weather, has been one of the hardest hit. On Tuesday morning, temperatures were well below freezing across the entire state.
More than 4.1 million customers were without power, according to Poweroutages.US.
Because "customers" can represent a business or a household, millions more people are impacted.
The cold even interrupted cellular service in Fort Bend County on Monday night, Fort Bend County Judge KP Georges said.
Video: Subfreezing cold sweeps US, bringing rare snow to Texas
In Pennsylvania, a man uses sprinklers to create a magical artwork display of ice on a tree.
T.J. Seller of Schnecksville in Lehigh County told WFMZ-TV it's a family tradition, and an icicle-covered tree on his property currently stands at over 25 feet, cascading with ice.
"Everybody loves it, I have people drive by two, three times a day sometime," he said.
The tree is also lit at night and become a tourist stop.
"Someone rolls down the window to tell me how cool it looks," he said, "that keeps me going."
And it’s not just the U.S, dealing with wild weather. Heavy snowfall blanketed the Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens, Greece.
The snow, an unusual sight in the Greek capital of more than 3 million residents, also stopped most public transport services. Hundreds of toppled trees downed power cables, causing blackouts in several suburbs, while one area on the city's northern fringes was declared in a state of emergency for the next month. Some of the affected suburbs were also left without water.
Snow is common in Greece’s mountains and in the north of the country, but much rarer in the capital. Some Athenians emerged cautiously outside, snapping photos on balconies and in the streets.