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In pictures: US ice storms

Ice storm

BBC News website readers have been sending in their pictures of the ice storms in the US. Axel G sent this from St Charles in Missouri.

Child in snow

Sakhawat Amin: "After the severe storm my four-year-old son covered his face and told me, 'Dad I need my sun glasses for this snow.'"

Field of ice

Dale Cocca: "This field is in the town of Stark. The whole field looked like millions of green ice fingers."

Tree covered in ice

Chelsea Gaeta: "A picture of the beautiful frozen landscape here at my university in Ypsilanti, Michigan."

Frozen paddle boats

Cindy Peterson: "I took this shot of Gallup Park's frozen paddle boats in Ann Arbor, Michigan."

Anemometer

Joseph Wilson: "The anemometer on our weather station in Rolla, Missouri, has locked up from the ice."

Frozen tree

Monica Dering: "A pine tree in Ann Arbor, Michigan."

Frozen bicycle

Todd Austin: "I came across the interesting frozen bicycle lying on its side as I walked into work at the University of Michigan."

Berries on tree

Martyn and Sara Lovell: "We are Brits living here in Buffalo, NY, and its the first ice storm we've seen. It's incredibly beautiful, but very treacherous outside."






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