By Steve Gorman and Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A powerful winter storm spread a paralyzing mix of heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Ohio Valley and mid-South to New England on Sunday,

Cold air, dangerous wind chills, and snow are set to move into Northeast Ohio, prompting school closures ahead of a winter storm.

Five people were reported dead in New York City over the weekend amid freezing temperatures and snowfall, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said during a news briefing Sunday.

Heavy snow, ice and brutal cold are expected to make this winter storm a potentially life-threatening weather event, stretching across two-thirds of the U.S.

Snow, sleet and ice covered Memphis and much of Tennessee this weekend as a impactful winter storm entered the area.

The National Weather Service in State College has issued Winter Storm Warnings for all of central Pennsylvania through 1 p.m. Monday. It covers the following counties: Somerset, B

Heavy lake effect snow continues to fall across portions of Chicagoland this afternoon. The heaviest bands will shift from northeast Illinois to northwest Indiana this evening.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for 17 counties in New York, with up to 18 inches of snow expected to fall in some areas from Sunday morning until Monday evening