US weather: 100 million people affected by East Coast deep freeze following 'bomb cyclone’

About 100 million people are facing a new challenge after the whopping east coast snowstorm in the United States: a gusty deep freeze.

Jaw-clenching temperatures are expected over the weekend throughout the north-east.

Jaw-clenching temperatures are expected over the weekend throughout the north-east, having already hit Vermont, Philadelphia, New York and Connecticut.

Winds of more than 144 kilometres per hour swirled New Hampshire's Mount Washington, the north-east's highest peak, at a temperature of -38 degrees Celsius and a wind chill of -69C.

It tied for second place with Armstrong, Ontario, as the coldest spot in the world.

Read the ABC News story - “US weather: 100 million people affected by East Coast deep freeze following 'bomb cyclone’.”