Massive winter storm sweeps across US bringing ice, frigid temps

Snow falls as a person crosses a street in downtown Washington, DC, on January 25, 2026. [AFP]

A massive winter storm headed towards the northeast United States on Sunday after sweeping across much of the country, threatening tens of millions of Americans with blackouts, transportation chaos and bone-chilling cold.

After battering the country's southwest and central areas, the storm system began to hit the heavily populated mid-Atlantic and northeastern states with snow and freezing rain as a frigid air mass settled in across the nation.