Another massive winter storm is forecast to pummel the southern and eastern U.S., with impacts from Texas to the Carolinas.

If you saw light pillars shining down from the sky early Tuesday morning in Kansas City, don't fret. You're not crazy, you're eyesight isn't going, and no, we are not experiencing an alien invasion

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.

Kansas City is preparing for its first big winter storm of the season. Meteorologists warn that the timing of the cold front could affect snowfall totals and ice accumulation.

Kansas law reads: “No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings or side or rear windows of such vehicle which substantially obstructs, obscures or impairs the driver’s clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway.”

A major, disruptive winter storm was sweeping across the central U.S. and headed toward the mid-Atlantic on Sunday, forecasters said, bringing with it a dreaded combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures.

Some southern states are bracing for their biggest winter storm in several years as snow falls from the Rockies to the East Coast. On Thursday, the weather starts to deteriorate in northern and western Texas,

Interested in how much snowfall accumulation was reported near you amid the winter storm? Here's a look at totals across the U.S.