More than 160 million people are on alert for a brutal storm.

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.

Track the winter storm as it's forecasted to bring heavy snow and extremely cold weather to the U.S., reaching millions from the southern U.S. to the Northeast.

More than 175 million people are in the path of a potentially historic winter storm that's expected to extend over 2,000 miles and deliver crippling snow and ice across more than 30 states, all told beginning Friday.

People across a large section of the central and eastern United States are facing predictions of heavy snow and ice starting Friday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rapidly strengthening storm this past weekend that ultimately became a bomb cyclone Monday unleashed blizzard conditions, tornadoes and a rare surge of water across the Great Lakes and ...