A high-impact winter storm packing heavy snow and rain has moved into the Northeast, leading to last-minute travel troubles as millions of people across the U.S. gather with family and friends on Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday.

More recently, a so-called bomb cyclone struck northern California in 2019, and the frigid New York City temperatures in 2018 (as cold as 19 degrees Fahrenheit) forced attendees at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to bundle up.

A powerful winter storm packing heavy snow, rain and even severe weather is set to snarl Thanksgiving travel in the eastern half of the U.S. after first walloping the West with winter weather that led to celebrations at ski resorts ahead of the holiday.