A winter weather advisory was issued for several counties across Oklahoma as ice, freezing rain, snow and sleet are expected to hit the state later tonight.

A procession of winter storms is forecast to bring snow, sleet, ice and potentially flood-inducing rain to sprawling bands of the U.S. this week.

A wintry mess was bearing down on mid-Atlantic states Tuesday with forecasts of significant snow and ice accumulations prompting warnings of potential power outages.