A major winter storm is set to spread heavy snow and damaging ice across a large portion of the United States over the coming days.
Dangerously cold temperatures will only worsen the storm and increase its danger.
The storm’s reach is expected to extend across hundreds of miles, bringing multiple weather hazards to different regions as it unfolds from Friday into early next week.
CNN is tracking the storm’s potential impact — from bitter cold to heavy snow to freezing rain — in maps and charts that will update as the system unfolds.
Extreme and record-breaking temperatures will spread across the eastern half of the country as the storm…