A major, disruptive winter storm was sweeping across the central U.S. on Sunday, forecasters said, bringing with it a dreaded combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from Kansas and Missouri — where blizzard conditions are expected — to New Jersey.

A major winter storm sweeping much of the U.S. was producing heavy snow and ice as it threatened areas from the Central Plains through Mid-Atlantic — leaving tens of millions under weather alerts Sunday.