A winter weather system bringing the chance for freezing rain, sleet and ice accumulations is on track to move into the Chicago area Wednesday night, the NBC 5 Storm Team said, with another period “notable wintry precipitation” possible Friday night.

Douglas McIntyre, editor-in-chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that a massive ice storm will hit the U.S., stretching from Chicago to Boston and into northern Kentucky. The storm is expected to cause power outages,

A developing winter storm could bring a potentially crippling ice threat from the Midwest to the Northeast, and the West Coast remains on alert for flooding as a series of atmospheric river storms swamps the region.