A powerful winter storm has been causing major impacts across large sections of the country this week, resulting in blizzard conditions, over a foot of snow, severe winds, ice storms and numerous accidents and fatalities.
As it moves east, wrap-around moisture is bringing additional rain and snow showers to parts of the Upper Midwest. At the same time, a developing coastal storm is spreading heavy rainfall and tidal flooding up the Eastern Seaboard.
An active, unsettled pattern is expected to continue for much of the region heading into the New Year weekend.
Meanwhile, out West, the first in a series of incoming Pacific storms will spread high-elevation snow and valley rain into the Northwest and eventually southward through California.