As southern Michigan prepares for an overnight ice storm, here's a look at ways you can protect yourself and family from outages, damage.

Storms spawned at least one tornado, sent creeks over their banks and caused flash flooding Thursday in portions of West Virginia and Kentucky, while a wintry mix coated trees and roads in ice and even dropped “thunder ice” in several states.

An active weather pattern is delivering back-to-back winter storms through the weekend. Here's what to expect.