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,

Millions of people from the Midwest to the Northeast are on alert as a developing winter storm is expected to bring a potentially crippling ice threat that could knock out power and lead to treacherous travel conditions across the region.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington says a widespread winter storm could drop less than an inch of ice and freezing rain across central Ohio.

Central Pennsylvania remains under a winter weather advisory Thursday morning as freezing rain continues to fall. The so-called wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain started overnight. Rain is continuing this morning, leaving icy surfaces, closing schools and offices, delaying flights and causing road restrictions.