PREVIEW

Residents go sledding on Capitol Hill, during a winter storm in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2026. A massive winter storm drop a mix of freezing rain and heavy snow on some 160 million Americans starting January 23, threatening to bring dangerously icy conditions. Multiple US states declared states of emergency as meteorologists said the storm begin marching across much of the continental US, covering a wide swath of the country's middle including the Rockies and Plains.