Yesterday, members of the media were blasted with freezing cold snow whipped up by gusts of wind caused by the Marine One helicopter's rotors as it landed on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington DC. IBTimes UK presents a gallery of people battling the downdraft created by Barack Obama's helicopter.
Members of the press, including NBC's Evan Dixon, face the blowing snow caused by Marine One as it lands on the South Lawn of the White House on 7 January, 2015
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Students from the Park Maitland School in Maitland, Florida, watch as Marine One takes off from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington as Obama departs for Las Vegas, on 29 January, 2013
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A US Marine braces himself against the wind as the US President arrives at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland, on 5 November, 2013
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A US Marine ducks into a dust cloud as Marine One lands with US President Barack Obama at the San Luis Water Facility in Firebaugh, California, on 14 February, 2014
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A member of the press covers her eyes as Marine One carrying US President Barack Obama takes off from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, on 12 September, 2014
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Children reacts to the sound and wind created by Marine One as it lands on the South Lawn of the White House on 26 September, 2012
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Girls try to take a selfie as they are blown by winds generated by Marine One lifting off from the South Lawn on 2 August, 2010
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Girls react to the engine wash from Marine One carrying US President Barack Obama as it takes off on the South Lawn at the White House on 2 August, 2010
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White House visitors react to the rotor wash as Marine One, with US President Barack Obama aboard, takes off from the White House on 8 May, 2012
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Children wave at US President Barack Obama as he lifts off on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House on 15 October, 2010
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The red carpet for French President Francois Hollande is blown across the tarmac by Marine One's rotor wash at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, on 10 February, 2014
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Officials remove the red carpet leading to Air Force One after Marine One blew it across the tarmac upon Obama's arrival in Mumbai on 7 November, 2010
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