A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close.

As a deep winter chill begins to take over the northern half of the country, a new major winter storm will move across the U.S. this weekend into early next week.

Around 60 million people are in the path of a massive winter storm that has already caused chaos on the roads in the middle of the country. The weather is expected to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions and dangerously cold temperatures from the Midwest to the East Coast.

A winter storm watch has been upgraded to a warning as the weather looms. The latest snow predictions. Winter Storm Watches have been issued for most of the area Sunday night into Monday with several inches of snow forecasted to fall.

The Commonwealth is officially under a state of emergency as a severe winter storm approaches. On Saturday, Gov. Beshear declared a state of emergency in preparation for snow, freezing rain, ice, and “arctic temperatures” expected to begin on Sunday.

Kentucky counties and cities have begun to declare a state of emergency as inclement winter weather continues.