Multiple drivers had to be rescued after getting stranded in the floodwaters, authorities in West Virginia said.

A winter storm is forecast to spread ice and snow across portions of the central and eastern U.S. today, bringing widespread travel troubles and also the threat of power outages.

A winter storm that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to a large swath of the Midwest swept into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thursday, causing treacherous travel conditions, prompting school delays and closures and potential power outages for millions of Americans.