A massive winter storm of ice and snow will make its way across the country starting Friday, impacting 200 million people in 40 states from Arizona to Maine.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that up to 240 million Americans could be affected by the storm.

An extreme winter storm is underway impacting two-thirds of the U.S. Starting Friday and expected to last through Monday, freezing rain, ice, and dangerously low temperatures will stretch from New Mexico to the Northeast. Thousands of flights have been cancelled and power outages are of catastrophic concern especially for the southern states.

As millions of Americans prepare for a brutally cold, snowy weekend, southerners are bracing extra hard.

The New York City tri-state area could see over a foot of snow for the first time since 2021, when over 17 inches were recorded.

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Snow fell over parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Friday in a frosty prelude to a monster winter storm expected to converge with bitter Arctic cold and engulf much of the United States over the weekend from the Rockies to the Eastern Seaboard.

Forecasters are expecting the storm could be the worst of the winter season.

In case you need some last minute essentials while you hunker down during this weekend’s snowy weather, here’s where you can go.

If you talk to longtime North Texans about winter storms, this New Year’s Eve event often comes up. A wide swath of heavy freezing rain left tree limbs and power lines bowed under glaze, left hundreds of thousands without power, and caused injuries and fatalities. This was a benchmark winter storm for the area.