Motorists drive on Oregon Route 217 on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, towards Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) ORG XMIT: ORJK105
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Many Americans are expected to enjoy a three-day weekend due to the MLK Day holiday, but they will likely spend it bundled up. Winter weather is stifling much of the U.S. and impacting millions.
The Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins playoff game, which the Chiefs won, still went on Saturday as players and fans braved the frigid cold conditions. It was so cold that the helmet of Chiefs' quarterback Patrick Mahomes cracked after a hit.
The freezing temperatures are expected to linger for a few days.
A map from the National Weather Service shows that the winter weather is affecting just about every state. It's safe to say that the polar vortex is being felt all across the U.S.
Workers remove snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall on the region over a 24- plus hour period. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes) ORG XMIT: NYJB105
Workers remove snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall on the region over a 24- plus hour period. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes) ORG XMIT: NYJB104
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes comes off the field after needing his helmet replaced during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Miami Dolphins, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann) ORG XMIT: NYOTK
A fan holds up a sign before an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) ORG XMIT: CAJC113
Miami Dolphins guard Austin Jackson walks on the field during the first half of the team's NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) ORG XMIT: CAJC122
Chico Bunch, with the Oregon Department of Forestry, uses a chainsaw to cut a downed tree into smaller pieces after it fell on a car and a home on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) ORG XMIT: ORJK109
A chainsaw rests in a downed tree as workers pause cutting on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) ORG XMIT: ORJK116
A person walks to Friendly House which opened as an emergency warming shelter on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) ORG XMIT: ORJK123
In this photo provided by Mammoth Mountain Ski Area skiers ride a lift during a snowfall at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. As the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend began, the weather forecast was a crazy quilt of color-coded advisories, from an ice storm warning in Oregon to a blizzard warning in the northern Plains to high wind warnings in New Mexico. (Peter Morning/Mammoth Mountain Ski Area via AP ORG XMIT: LA610
Jan 13, 2024; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Fans enter the Purcell Pavilion in blowing snow and cold conditions before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Florida State Seminoles. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: IMAGN-729279 ORIG FILE ID: 20240113_cec_sc5_095.JPG
A driver moves along a snow-covered street in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ORG XMIT: OTKNH102
A traffic sign is covered by snow in Palatine, Ill., Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ORG XMIT: OTKNH103
Amber Vallee pushes water down Walnut Street in Lewiston, Maine, Saturday morning, Jan 13, 2024, after snow turned to rain during yet another storm of mixed precipitation hit the area. "I wish it was all snow. I'm tired of this slush that will turn into ice at the bottom of our driveway." she said while keeping a path open for the rain and melting snow to flow into a nearby storm drain. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP) ORG XMIT: MELEE101
A family carries bundles of clean laundry through snow and puddles Saturday morning, Jan. 13, 2024, in downtown Lewiston, Maine, after visiting a neighborhood laundromat during a downpour. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP) ORG XMIT: MELEE102
Brian Elsey, of Portland, Ore., cleans off his boss's car before heading home on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Portland. Brutally cold weather could prove a deadly challenge Saturday amid a continuing wave of Arctic storms that has hammered much of the country with blinding snow, freezing rain and whipping winds. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) ORG XMIT: ORJK102
The Iowa State Capitol Building is seen in the distance in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Republicans are holding many events and voters are braving the cold for the Iowa caucuses.
DES MOINES, IOWA - JANUARY 13: Snow is blown across a road as a snowy and freezing cold weather system passes through the area on January 13, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. The weather system is bringing snowfall and subzero temperatures to Iowa as voters prepare for the Republican Party of Iowa's presidential caucuses on January 15th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776087552 ORIG FILE ID: 1930499390
A snow plow clears the roadway on Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Heavy snow and high winds led the National weather service to issue a blizzard warning for much of the state of Iowa. (Nick Rohlman /The Gazette via AP) ORG XMIT: IACED604
crashed semi trucks sit abandoned along Interstate 80 in central Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Heavy snow and high winds led the National weather service to issue a blizzard warning for much of the state of Iowa. (Nick Rohlman /The Gazette via AP) ORG XMIT: IACED607
A road sign on Interstate 38- in Des Moines, Iowa advises that Interstate 80 is impassable due to weather in central Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Heavy snow and high winds led the National weather service to issue a blizzard warning for much of the state of Iowa. (Nick Rohlman /The Gazette via AP) ORG XMIT: IACED601
An crashed semi truck sits abandoned along Interstate 80 in central Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Heavy snow and high winds led the National weather service to issue a blizzard warning for much of the state of Iowa. (Nick Rohlman /The Gazette via AP) ORG XMIT: IACED605
An American flag is seen fixed to a farm fence along US Highway 20 during a blizzard near Galva, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ORG XMIT: IACK101
A snow plow moves along the snow-streaked, eastbound lane of US Highway 20 during a blizzard near Holstein, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ORG XMIT: IACK102
Tractor-trailers travel on the snow-streaked lanes of US Highway 20 during a blizzard near Holstein, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ORG XMIT: IACK103
An abandoned Amazon Prime truck is pictured along I-80 East, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Malcom, Iowa. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) ORG XMIT: IAAP602
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