A second winter storm in as many days is slamming parts of the Midwest before rolling toward the East Coast. Major travel disruptions are likely.

The second winter storm of this week is bringing a widespread area of snowfall as well as some ice. Here's what to expect.

A snowstorm has blown into the mid-Atlantic states, causing dozens of accidents on icy roads, prompting school closures and stoking worries about possible power outages.

The storm will impact about 200,000 square miles with snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour in some areas. And more winter weather arrives midweek.

The primary concerns from the next storm will be icy conditions, especially in northwestern New Jersey. Hundreds of school districts delayed openings or are closed on Wednesday. More school schedule changes could be announced for Thursday morning with the next shot of winter weather.

A procession of winter storms is forecast to bring snow, sleet, ice and potentially flood-inducing rain to sprawling bands of the U.S. this week.

The parade of winter storms that have been slamming the U.S. isn’t letting up anytime soon, and now millions of people across portions of the Midwest are on alert ahead of the next system that’s expected to dump snow across Chicago,