The first major winter storm has hit the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, covering the area with snow and ice.

Black ice, snow showers and fog are pestering post-holiday travelers in the Midwest, while the Northeast is gearing up for its first major snowstorm of the season.

The polar vortex’s icy grip on much of America has Arctic Greenland seeming like a toasty vacation spot by comparison.

Officials have urged residents to stay off the roads in portions of Virginia and North Carolina, where a storm dropped heavy snow and caused hundreds of accidents in places that aren’t accustomed to significant accumulations.

Arctic air gripping the Plains has broken cold-weather records in North Dakota.

As a powerful winter storm dumped deep snow in parts of the West on Monday, much of the central United States was unseasonably warm.

Record ocean heat has invaded Florida with a vengeance.

A late winter storm has blasted the U.S. Northeast with strong winds and heavy snow, sending temperatures plunging after first taking aim at the Deep South.