Multiple drivers had to be rescued after getting stranded in the floodwaters, authorities in West Virginia said.

Storm Freya whipped from the Midwest into the Northeast Thursday, coating roads in slick ice from Baltimore up the I-95 corridor, making for dangerous commutes and forcing school closures and delayed openings.

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.

Snow will fall from Minnesota to Maine, with heavy amounts probably falling from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. Freezing rain and sleet will also be a big issue, especially south of Interstate 80 from Ohio through New Jersey.

Forecasters are warning of possibly significant ice accumulations in several mid-Atlantic states that could cause widespread power outages and disrupt travel

Nearly half of the United States from the Midwest to Northeast will see snow or a freezing rain mix before the weekend arrives, weather forecasters say.