While Virginia and North Carolina were grappling with a snowstorm, an Arctic blast brought dangerously low temperatures to a vast swath of the U.S.

A strong winter storm moved through the Mid-Atlantic on Wednesday, bringing rare snowfall to southeastern Virginia and parts of Maryland while creating hazardous travel conditions ahead of another round of snow expected Thursday morning.

Millions remained under winter weather alerts as a major winter storm swept across much of the U.S., bringing heavy snow and freezing temperatures from the Midwest to the Northeast. This video was filmed on Thursday,