Texas The storm left a 2,000-mile trail of snow, sleet and freezing rain from Texas to the Northeast and dumped snow on New York, Vermont, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the National Weather Service said.
As the storm passes, it will bring a wintry weekend in its wake with "bitterly cold temperatures" expected across a huge swath of the country from the Southern Plains to the Northeast, the NWS said.
"The coldest temperature anomalies will be located in Texas and the Middle Mississippi Valley where they look to range between 15 and 25 degrees below normal," a Saturday forecast says.
By Sunday, the weather is expected to gradually warm up.
Well over 100,000 customers in states including Tennessee, New York, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia were without power Saturday morning, according to poweroutage.us.
Officials have warned about icy roads amid plunging temperatures following the storm.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned residents to stay home if possible Friday and Saturday to avoid dangerous driving conditions.
"We’re not out of the danger zone yet," Hochul said. "The weather is wildly unpredictable."