The Northern Plains and Pacific Northwest are bracing for a brutal stretch of winter weather that will make highway travel exceedingly dangerous, if not impossible, over the next 48 hours. Two powerful storm systems are lining up to hammer the northern tier of the United States through Saturday,

A major winter storm capable of producing blizzard conditions is brewing, and will unleash impacts over the Midwest and Great Lakes beginning Saturday night. The first Blizzard Warnings have been issued across parts of South Dakota and Minnesota.