Winter weather alerts were in place for some 100 million people across 22 states from Nebraska to Massachusetts on Thursday as a series of winter storms descend on states in the North and the East, bringing snow,

Millions of people from the Midwest to the Northeast are on alert as a developing winter storm is expected to bring a potentially crippling ice threat that could knock out power and lead to treacherous travel conditions across the region.

Numerous crashes have been reported in the Kansas City area as the first in a pair of ice storms gets underway. This first storm has millions of people from the Midwest to the Northeast bracing for treacherous travel and potential power outages.