Massive winter storm sweeps across the U.S.


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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.

We take a look.

A de-icing crew works during winter storm Fern on a Southwest Airlines flight at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. January 24, 2026.

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A person walks in the snow on January 24, 2026 in Little Rock, Arkansas. A massive winter storm is bringing frigid temperatures, ice, and snow to nearly 200 million Americans.

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Ice crystals form inside a kitchen window in Lowville, New York

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Shoppers walk past nearly empty shelves at a store ahead of an anticipated winter storm in New York.

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Cars drive in the snow on Interstate 630 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Yana Beeker, front, Roddy Peterson, behind, sled down a hill at the state Capitol during a winter storm Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.

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Snow falls during a winter storm in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Workers are bundled up at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ahead of an anticipated winter storm in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Volunteers prepare cots at an inclement weather shelter ahead of a winter storm at Fair Parks Automobile Building in Dallas, Texas on Jan. 23, 2026.

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Ice forms along the shore of Lake Michigan on Jan. 23, 2026, in Chicago.

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