New York state shivers at minus 35C

A winter storm packing fierce winds, frigid temperatures and snow pounded large parts of US north-east and mid-west today, causing travel woes as well as dangerous cold.

Temperatures were not expected to rise out of the single digits across much of the North-east, where Watertown, New York state, dropped to minus 31F (minus 35C). With wind chill factored in, the temperature felt more like minus 46F (minus 43C).