A major winter storm is forecast to bring heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain and frigid temperatures stretching from New Mexico and Texas to parts of New England starting on Friday through the weekend,

Forecasters say over half the U.S. population could be affected by snow, ice or bitter cold as a winter storm sweeps across the county.

It was too cold for school in Chicago and other Midwestern cities Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began to crank up that could bring snow, sleet, ice and bone-chilling temperatures as well as extensive power outages to about half the U.

More than 160 million Americans are expected to face an unusually brutal winter storm from Friday, with heavy snows and freezing rains forecast. The storm is expected to sweep through much of the United States,

A winter storm descending on the US is expected to deliver heavy snow and ice to more than 150 million people across roughly two dozen states. Forecasts predict the storm will plunge Texas into a deep freeze before moving eastward and hitting major Northeast cities such as New York City and Boston.

Bread was flying off the shelves, salt was being loaded into trucks and utility workers were nervously watching forecasts Thursday as a huge winter storm is barreling toward the eastern two-thirds of the U.

CNN News Central’s John Berman and chief data analyst Harry Enten dig through the data ahead of a massive winter storm set to blast more than half of the United States.

A powerful winter storm is lining up to slam a massive portion of the US this weekend, and experts say the effects could be severe. Up to 180 million people from Texas to New England could be in the storm's path,