Bitterly cold air and dangerous wind chills have spread across Kansas City as a historic winter storm exited the region early Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The bone-chilling temperatures are expected to linger most of the week, with wind chills dropping below zero each morning.

Americans are under winter weather alerts as a major storm threatens much of the U.S. City Manager Brian Platt said, “This is going to be one of the most historic, significant storms Kansas City has ever seen.

Sunday is a First Alert Weather Alert Day for a major winter storm pushing through our area that will result in problematic road conditions and heavy snow into the start of the week. Officials have warned that travel may be "impossible" Sunday and into the start of the work week.

Kansas City residents are always great at sharing their winter weather photos with us. Here's the photos so far.

The storm will also bring heavy wind: The NWS issued blizzard warnings across central Kansas into southeastern Nebraska and northwestern Missouri, with wind gusts exceeding 40 miles per hour, and the Mid-Atlantic could face 20-25 mile-per-hour gusts in some cases.

Prayers are pouring in for Kansas City during the middle of this weekend's historic storm. A heavy, dangerous winter storm has hit Kansas City this weekend. The storm caused the Chiefs to be delayed in their flight to Denver for more than four hours.

The Kansas City region is under a winter storm warning starting Saturday evening, beginning with freezing rain or sleet and transitioning to snow. Find the latest weather forecast and what Kansas City and other cities plan for snow plowing.

Here's the latest information on how the system's snow and ice are affecting tens of millions in the central and eastern U.S.

The last time the weather in Kansas City was severe enough to be considered a blizzard was in November of 2018.