Another powerful storm system is expected to sweep across a wide swath of the United States, bringing heavy rain to Southern California, heavy snow to parts of the West and Midwest and more snow and freezing rain to the Northeast and New England.

Large parts of the US are set to experience heavy snowfall, freezing rain and Arctic cold as two powerful winter storms sweep through. The extreme weather is expected to disrupt travel and bring dangerously low temperatures.

Two snow and ice storms threatened to roll across the Midwest and East this week. And a third storm could be lurking for next weekend.

Another series of winter storms is set to sweep across a wide swath of the United States, bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain to millions of Americans, forecasters say. Nearly 200 million people across parts of 40 states could see snow during this week,