TOPSHOT – A man waits to cross a street during heavy snow fall in downtown Manhattan on January 30, 2019 in New York City. – Bitter cold with temperatures lower than Antarctica gripped the American Midwest on Wednesday, grounding flights, closing schools and businesses and raising frostbite and hypothermia fears for homeless residents. Heavy snow was forecast in the northern stretches of Maine and snow squalls predicted for other parts of the east coast. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) TOPSHOT-US-WEATHER-ENVIRONMENT