The major storm is set to hit starting on Jan. 23 and will stretch into the weekend, spreading snow and ice from the southern Plains to the Northeast.

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A major winter storm is set to spread heavy snow and damaging ice across a large portion of the United States over the coming days. Dangerously cold temperatures will only worsen the storm and increase its danger.

In the middle of the south-central Indian Ocean, a powerful storm named Tropical Cyclone Dudzai formed and grew incredibly fast. Its winds jumped from 70 mph to more than 130 mph in just a few hours,

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More than half of the U.S. is bracing for a major winter storm, bringing the potential for widespread power outages and dangerous travel conditions. CBS News correspondent Jason Allen reports from Texas.

Bread was flying off the shelves, salt was being loaded into trucks and utility workers were nervously watching forecasts Thursday as a huge winter storm that could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather was barreling toward the eastern two-thirds of the U.