Blowing cold Arctic air gripped the middle United States on Monday , with the coldest temperatures in the two decades that led to four deaths , forcing the closure of businesses and schools , as well as canceling thousands of flights .
Shelters for homeless booming due to the cold weather that meteorologists described as " polar vortex " or the polar vortex .
Berkiar temperatures between 11 to 22 degrees Celsius below average in Montana , North and South Dakota , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Michigan and Nebraska according to the national weather service agencies ( National Weather Service) is quoted by Reuters news agency .
Brimson , Minnesota , colder again . There mercury in measuring the temperature dropped down to minus 40 degrees Celsius , lower than Arctic Bay , Canada , where the temperature is minus 35 degrees Celsius .
U.S. cold air even beat the cold weather in Almaty , Kazakhstan , which is minus 22 degrees Celsius , Mongolia at minus 23 degrees Celsius and Irkutsk in Siberia where the temperature is minus 33 degrees Celsius .
More than half the flights at O'Hare International Airport , Chicago , was canceled due to frozen fuel supply , making the crew could not fill the aircraft fuel tanks . On the evening of Chicago temperatures of minus 24 degrees Celsius .
Polar vortex , the coldest air in the Northern Hemisphere polar region covering the winter , moving to the East Coast , where the temperature is expected to fall on Tuesday .
The coldest temperature and wind noise is estimated to reach areas such as the south of Brownsville, Texas , and Florida according to the National Weather Service .
Northeast part facing moderate and rainy weather but authorities warned the pedestrian will likely be no icy roads .
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declares state of emergency and announced that part of the state of New York State Thruway in Western New York will be facing extreme winter weather conditions .
At least four deaths related to cold weather were reported , including that struck 48-year -old man in Chicago , which mengakami heart attack while shoveling snow and elderly women were found to be dead outside his home in Indianapolis on Sunday .
In the oil fields of Texas until the Count North Dakota and Canada , cold air gripped impede traffic and drilling operations .
Cold weather also disrupt shipments of grain and livestock farm belt across the region , inhibiting the production of meat in some factory packaging , and potentially damage the wheat crop .
In Cleveland , Ohio , where the temperature is minus 19 degrees Celsius and expected to fall to minus 21 degrees Celsius overnight , layover places tuna wisme fully operational .
Board shelters began opening the facility to help more than 2,000 people who are looking for a warm place .
" There will be people who do not want to come to the shelter , " said Brian Davis , the board of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless .
Though experts say the cold stress can occur in a matter of minutes at such a low temperature .
The National Weather Service issued a wind chill warning of impending that could endanger the safety of life in western and central North Dakota , with temperatures as low as minus 51 degrees Celsius .
Approximately 4,392 3,577 flights were canceled and others delayed due to bad weather , according to FlightAware.com , which tracks the flight activity .
And many people do not have the luxury to stay at home .
In the western suburb of Chicago , Geneva , Beth Anderson ( 38 ) clears the snow on Sunday the rest of the street before sunrise on Monday while warming the truck to his place in the mall .
" I wish I could take time off as well , " he said .
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