A massive winter storm system brought snow and freezing rain to several states this week, knocking out power, canceling flights and closing schools in many parts of the country, according to The Associated Press .
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Social media users from New Mexico to New England are sharing photos of the wintry weather. Here are some of those images:
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– The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US John Tapko clears snow at his house Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US Eleanor Kasper and her 5-year-old son, Eli, sled on a hill in Middle Shooks Run Park in Colorado Springs, Colo., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, after a winter storm hit the Pikes Peak Region, closing schools and businesses. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US A woman pulls a child on a sled across the intersection of Bayaud Avenue and South Washington Street as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US Men play football on a soccer field in Chicago's Lincoln Park Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US Drucie Haddock of Denver uses her cross-country skis to navigate around Washington Park as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US A car remains buried under several inches of snow at the Margaret B. Upton Arboretum in St. Joseph, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, after a winter storm moved through Southwest Michigan. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US Matt Seggerman get's an early start on removing snow from his driveway in St. Charles County, Mo., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Gary Hairlson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US A woman walks down a snow-covered street Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US Ice forms along the St. Joseph River as a sailboat remains moored near the Margaret B. Upton Arboretum in St. Joseph, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US A sign tells that the school has been canceled due to impending winter weather in Dallas, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US Snow fall along North Street, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Lafayette, Ind. (Nikos Frazier/Journal & Courier via AP)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US With winter weather coming, crossing guard Willie McCree, left, stops traffic for school children to cross the street in Dallas, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US With winter weather coming, an adult helps school children cross the street in Dallas, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US A sign advises patrons of COVID-19 restriction while long icicles grow from an awning outside a restaurant as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US A snow plow drives along West Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo, Mich., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US A lone cross country skier pushes through deep snow and blowing winds in Chicago's Lincoln Park Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Photos: Winter storm packing snow, freezing rain moves across US Lifelong Flint resident Cory Pacheco, 58, uses a snowblower to clear out his driveway on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in downtown Flint, Mich. (Jake May/MLive.com/The Flint Journal via AP)