Snow will fall from Minnesota to Maine, with heavy amounts probably falling from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. Freezing rain and sleet will also be a big issue, especially south of Interstate 80 from Ohio through New Jersey.

Snow, rain and icy conditions will spread across the Midwest and Northeast thanks to a storm that drenched northern California.

A weekend winter storm will bring biting temperatures and dump several inches of snow on areas from the Midwest to Northeast. Forty-two million people are under winter alerts ahead of the storm that will move from west to east,

Nearly half of the United States from the Midwest to Northeast will see snow or a freezing rain mix before the weekend arrives, weather forecasters say.

A winter storm that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to a large swath of the Midwest swept into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thursday, causing treacherous travel conditions, prompting school delays and closures and potential power outages for millions of Americans.