More than a third of the U.S. will be impacted by the upcoming winter storm.

The National Weather Service on Thursday warned that “dangerously cold and very dry Arctic air” will spill into the continental United States and lead to “life-threatening risk of hypothermia and frostbite” as temperatures drop well into negative territory, creating some of the coldest weather on Earth.

Reporters across the NPR Network are covering the impact of the storm and how officials are responding. We've also got tips for staying safe once bad weather hits.

A winter storm warning for the Dallas area calls for 4 inches of snow and some ice, and has people buying out grocery stores. That same forecast for

This weekend's winter storm, which is expected to threaten millions of Americans from New Mexico to the Carolinas, is already having a major impact on the men's college basketball schedule. Though no games have been canceled as of yet, many are being rescheduled in the hopes that they can be played before the worst of the weather arrives.

Most parts of NY are expected to get anywhere from 12 to 18 inches of snow. Here are the last times we saw this amount of snow in New York.

If you talk to longtime North Texans about winter storms, this New Year’s Eve event often comes up. A wide swath of heavy freezing rain left tree limbs and power lines bowed under glaze, left hundreds of thousands without power, and caused injuries and fatalities. This was a benchmark winter storm for the area.

As millions of Americans prepare for a brutally cold, snowy weekend, southerners are bracing extra hard.