Extreme cold watches issued by NWS meteorologists are currently in place in parts of Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. Extreme cold warnings are in place in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Nearly two-dozen states were under winter weather warnings from the National Weather Service as of early Monday.

Several states across the U.S. are under alert as the new storm system approaches. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri have severe weather alerts in effect through Friday, January 10. Meanwhile, Tennessee, northern Alabama, and parts of Indiana and Kentucky will remain under warnings through Saturday.

The new year is ushering in a major winter storm across a wide swath of the United States, blasting large regions of the country with heavy snow and dangerous ice. 60 million people are under weather

Fire danger remains high in parts of Los Angeles that have been ablaze for days, but calmer weather may finally be on the horizon.

A forecast of record cold temperatures on Monday upended the planned ceremony, which now will take place indoors. More than 220,000 ticketed guests will be unable to view the swearing-in.

Another blast of winter weather is expected in parts of the U.S. in the coming days, including bone-chilling wind in the Northern Plains and unusual snow and ice in the Gulf Coast area.

President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration will take place in the Capitol Rotunda due to dangerously low temperatures.

The last time an inauguration was moved indoors because of the bitter cold was in 1985 for former Republican President Ronald Reagan's second swearing-in when the afternoon wind chill fell into the ra

Trump's inauguration will be held inside the Capitol Rotunda, with the parade taking place in Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C.

Controversy over President-elect Trump's inaugural crowd sizes likely will remain out of the conversation since the ceremony will be moved indoors due to harsh weather conditions.