Winter weather alerts were in place for some 100 million people across 22 states from Nebraska to Massachusetts on Thursday as a series of winter storms descend on states in the North and the East, bringing snow,

A winter storm will bring the Lehigh Valley sleet, snow and freezing rain Wednesday night into Thursday, prompting a winter weather advisory.

Freezing rain could lead to hazardous travel conditions across the entire Chicago area, especially during "peak timing" of the winter weather system.