Over 160 million people across more than two dozen states are under winter storm or ice storm alerts, from the Southern Rockies and Plains, all the way to New England. Travel and power outage impacts could last into at least early next week for areas that see significant snow and ice. That shift has implicated more of the Midwest and Northeast with heavy snow while still delivering destructive ice to a large portion of the South. Ice could knock out power to manyDamaging ice from freezing rain is the storm’s most serious threat. Heavy snow threat from Plains to East CoastHeavy snow will pile up for a wide area to the north of the storm’s freezing rain zone.

Source: CNN January 23, 2026 19:28 UTC