Cascades of ice: beautiful stills of frozen Niagara falls

Parts of the Niagara Falls, between the United States and Canada were
frozen on Monday (March 3) as a strong winter storm hit the U.S. East
Coast with freezing rain, snow and near-record cold, canceling about
2,900 flights, shutting down Washington and closing schools and local
governments.

The sub freezing temperatures of 0 degrees (minus 18
Celsius) at Niagara Falls although did not put off tourists visiting
the world famous destination to enjoy a spectacular view of a frozen
Niagara Falls.

The latest in a series of weather systems to
pummel the winter-weary eastern United States, the storm dumped about 4
inches of snow on the U.S. capital by early evening as it swept from the
Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast, the National Weather Service
said.

Temperatures would be about 30 degrees Fahrenheit (15
degrees Celsius) below normal as a cold front settled in from Great
Plains to the Atlantic coast,
Instead of the normal high of around 50
Fahrenheit (10 Celsius), temperatures in the region were plunging into
the teens Fahrenheit (minus 8 Celsius), said Brian Hurley, a weather
service meteorologist.

Freeze warnings were in place from the
Canadian border into Texas. The main electric grid operator for most of
Texas issued a conservation alert due to expected higher demand, and
heavy sleet left about 30,000 homes and businesses in Memphis,
Tennessee, out of power, Memphis Light, Gas and Water reported.