Winter wonderland or a frozen nightmare? ❄️ Discover why the Northeast faces some of the harshest winters in the USA. Brace yourself for some serious snowfall and learn about the states that get buried!

The storm that hit the West Coast is making the trek across the country to bring a significant snowstorm to the Northeast this weekend.

ARLINGTON, Va. − A wall of snow, ice and rain was sweeping across the Northeast on Thursday, the first in a series of storms forecast to wallop much of the nation's northern tier over the next several days.