Americans are under winter weather alerts as a major storm threatens much of the U.S. City Manager Brian Platt said, “This is going to be one of the most historic, significant storms Kansas City has ever seen.

Tens of millions of people across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic are under winter weather warnings this weekend in the first major winter storm of the new year, according to the National Weather Service,

The Kansas City metro is still digging itself out from a nearly-record 11 inches of snow that got dumped by a blizzard over the weekend. Roads remain icy and treacherous, however, and much of the city remains shut down.

On Friday at 12:56 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning valid from Saturday 6 p.m. until Monday 3 a.m. The warning is for Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson,

Kansas City residents are always great at sharing their winter weather photos with us. Here's the photos so far.

The Kansas City region is under a winter storm warning starting Saturday evening, beginning with freezing rain or sleet and transitioning to snow. Find the latest weather forecast and what Kansas City and other cities plan for snow plowing.

The Kansas City Chiefs were stranded for hours Saturday at Kansas City International Airport as an ice storm shut down operations.

Kansas City, Mo., received nearly a foot of snow over in a single day, forcing road and air traffic to come to a halt. NBC News' Maggie Vespa reports why officials are saying it will take a few days to clean out the snow.