Brutal cold will open the door for a winter storm to take a somewhat unusual track through the South and create treacherous travel conditions.

The storm will reach a new gear on Sunday, with snow, sleet and freezing rain intensifying from Kansas to Virginia.

A major winter storm is expected to slam the southern U.S. this week before potentially eyeing the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions as it pushes north, threatening to induce dangerous travel conditions,

Storm Cora will bring snow and ice to many of the same areas that are still digging out from Winter Storm Blair. Snow, ice and arctic air will overtake much of the South, Midwest and East from through Saturday.

The National Weather Service warns that more winter weather is on the way for portions of Texas into the Lower Mississippi Valley and mid-south, bringing light snow Wednesday before a more significant storm on Thursday into Friday.

Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.Winter Storm Cora is set to spread a wintry mess of snow and ice across the South,

With the Midwest and mid-Alantic still digging out from a major winter storm, another one is forecast to sweep across the South and eastern United States this week, bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain from Texas through the Carolinas.