Punxsutawney Phil made his annual prediction in Pennsylvania, and the groundhog saw a shadow, meaning the United States is set for six more weeks of winter.

Places to the south of the Great Lakes will see the highest risk of disruptive ice from late on Wednesday into Thursday On the northern side of the storm, the precipitation will mainly be falling as snow but the most dangerous conditions are expected through portions of western Maryland,

Winter storms are about to blitz through the eastern half of the United States at a frenetic pace that could continue for a couple of weeks.