At least six people are dead as Winter Storm Blair marches across the mainland United States, bringing dangerous snow and ice along with it.

A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and freezing temperatures is sweeping the U.S. from the Midwest to the East Coast, prompting school and government closures.

A major, disruptive winter storm was sweeping across the central U.S. on Sunday, forecasters said, bringing with it a dreaded combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from Kansas and Missouri — where blizzard conditions are expected — to New Jersey.

A huge winter storm brings heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures to the east coast of the US, as a state of emergency has been declared in seven states. At least three people a

Washington, D.C. is forecast to see 6 or more inches of snow through Monday as a winter storm approaches the Mid-Atlantic. Already the storm has created blizzard conditions and snarled traffic across parts of the Central U.