Winter Storm Elliott sweeps USA, leaves more than a million without power | USA TODAY #Shorts

An arctic storm continued to wreak havoc across much of the US, triggering dramatic temperature drops and blizzard conditions. RELATED: Holiday travelers stuck at airports after winter storm cancels flights A strengthening pre-Christmas blizzard that experts say could become a bomb cyclone is set to bring heavy snow, strong wind gusts and plummeting temperatures to the Central and Northern Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. The winter storm system brewing along an incoming Arctic front could create treacherous holiday travel conditions as federal forecasters expect the blizzard to slam much of the Midwest and Great Lakes through Christmas Eve. Winter storm warnings, wind chill warnings and winter weather advisories were in effect across parts of the Midwest and Pacific Northwest – where up to 24 inches of additional snow was anticipated in Washington. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: » Watch more on this and other topics from US