A winter storm warning for Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem and southeast Burlington runs until 1 a.m. Tuesday. The National Weather Service’s forecast calls for snow to end around 1 a.m. Tuesday in the Atlantic City area and an hour later in Cape May County.

A major, disruptive winter storm was sweeping across the central U.S. on Sunday, forecasters said, bringing with it a dreaded combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from Kansas and Missouri — where blizzard conditions are expected — to New Jersey.

A huge winter storm brings heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures to the east coast of the US, as a state of emergency has been declared in seven states. At least three people a