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.

In the middle of the south-central Indian Ocean, a powerful storm named Tropical Cyclone Dudzai formed and grew incredibly fast. Its winds jumped from 70 mph to more than 130 mph in just a few hours,

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As millions gear up for the first major winter storm of the year, forecast models remain in generally good agreement, showing snow, ice, rain and sleet stretching from the southern Plains into the Mid-Atlantic.