National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists are urging people in several states to stay off the roads as a winter storm hits the central and eastern United States on Friday. Millions of people are preparing for dangerous winter weather as a storm takes hold over much of the Midwest,

A polar vortex is expected to bring snow and ice to 26 states and D.C., threatening travel with blizzard conditions and record-low temperatures.

Several states across the U.S. are under alert as the new storm system approaches. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri have severe weather alerts in effect through Friday, January 10. Meanwhile, Tennessee, northern Alabama, and parts of Indiana and Kentucky will remain under warnings through Saturday.

The pattern had been predicted to form for several months, and weak La Niña conditions were finally officially met this week.

Temperatures are forecast to plummet below average for much of the nation, with the most severe cold gripping areas east of the Rocky Mountains and reaching as far south as the Gulf Coast and Florida. Dangerous wind chills are likely across many areas of the Southeast, too.

Nearly the entire state of Arkansas is under a winter storm warning until Friday night. Little Rock and Hot Springs are expecting around 6 inches of snow, with meteorologists urging people to delay any travel until conditions improve.

Parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas began to see snowfall on Thursday as Southern states stretching to the Carolinas brace for the storm to reach them on Friday.

The developing storm system is forecast to bring heavy snow, crippling ice and severe weather across the country through the next three days.

The new year is ushering in a major winter storm across a wide swath of the United States, blasting large regions of the country with heavy snow and dangerous ice. 60 million people are under weather

A powerful polar vortex is sweeping across the United States, bringing dangerous blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall to multiple regions. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter ...

Nearly two-dozen states were under winter weather warnings from the National Weather Service as of early Monday.

Another massive winter storm is forecast to pummel the southern and eastern U.S., with impacts from Texas to the Carolinas.