The wet weekend in the East Valley was just the start of an expected stretch of cold, unsettled conditions.

A long-awaited winter storm is about half a day away from loudly announcing its presence in Arizona.

A storm moving into Arizona on Sunday is expected to bring strong winter weather and hazardous driving conditions this week.

The season's first blast of winter weather is on Arizona's doorstep. A series of storms is expected to sweep through the state beginning today, according to the National Weather Service. Through at least late next week, below-average temperatures and a chance of rain are in the Valley's forecast.

A deadly winter storm that left the nation's midsection coated in ice blew east Thursday, while crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people in the places it already hit.

Leave an empty water glass outside during the next few days, and there’s a good chance it’ll be half-full. But will the rain and snow forecast to fall on Arizona make a dent in the drought?

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Frigid temperatures, blasting wind and more snow than some places normally see in a year left parts of the Midwest and South paralyzed Thursday, and transformed a section of highway in southern Indiana into a parking lot.

NEW YORK - A winter storm packing fierce winds, frigid temperatures and snow pounded the Northeast on Thursday, causing school closings, flight delays and fender-benders.

A pair of storms spread snow, sleet and freezing rain across the eastern half of the nation, glazing highways with treacherous ice as far south as Georgia and closing schools and government offices Monday.

FLAGSTAFF — A wintry storm has dropped more snow in the state's northern and eastern mountains, making driving tough along Interstates 17 and 40.

The Valley saw a new record of .47 inch of rain at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Wednesday.

Dozens of drivers slid off slick highways Wednesday as snow blanketed northern Arizona and rain drenched the lower desert during a winter storm that was expected to bring blizzards, freezing temperatures and dangerous driving conditions.

A strong winter-like storm making its way into the Valley will bring blowing dust and dropping temperatures Wednesday and Thursday before temperatures warm up for the weekend.

 OMAHA, Neb.-- Holiday travelers battled slick, icy roads and flight cancellations and delays on Wednesday as a major winter storm began to spread across much of the nation's midsection - and the worst of the weather was still expected to come.