Multiple drivers had to be rescued after getting stranded in the floodwaters, authorities in West Virginia said.

Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.A​ winter storm covered cities in ice and snow, shut down schools, snarled air travel and made for a dicey commute along major metropolitan corridors from the Midwest into the Northeast Thursday.

ARLINGTON, Va. − A wall of snow, ice and rain was sweeping across the Northeast on Thursday, the first in a series of storms forecast to wallop much of the nation's northern tier over the next several days.

A winter storm moved into New England on Thursday afternoon after delivering a messy combination of heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain in the Midwest and Northeast.