The winter storm halted travel for thousands of passengers Monday as airlines canceled and delayed flights. Several flights in and out of KC were affected.

Snow and ice are already wreaking havoc throughout the Kansas City area on Saturday night, and even more winter weather is coming overnight through Sunday evening.

Tens of millions of people across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic are under winter weather warnings this weekend in the first major winter storm of the new year, according to the National Weather Service,

Kansas City will be under a winter storm warning from 6 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Monday as a major winter storm will make travel nearly impossible.

The extreme emergency alert that hit Kansans' smartphones on Sunday had many people wondering where it came from - because it was the first of its kind sent out by the state. The Division of Emergency Management (KDEM) sent the alert to cell phones,

Severe winter storm with freezing rain, ice and heavy snow has shut down Kansas City, Missouri, leaving more abandoned vehicles on interstates than moving ones. Delivery drivers risk it for income.