Another winter storm now threatens a large swath of Central and Eastern U.S.

People walk on Boston Common after Winter Storm Kenan on January 30 in Boston, Mass. A powerful noreaster last weekend brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. The storm dropped over 30 inches in some areas of the state.

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People are bracing for the second bout of winter weather within a week, and this time around, a lot more states are expected to be affected.

The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings from Texas counties near the Mexican border stretching northeast to the Great Lakes and along the Canadian border. A National Weather Service map shows a winter storm warning extending to the northern tip of Maine.

As many as 14 inches of snow could fall on parts of Illinois and Indiana on Wednesday, and the precipitation could continue into Thursday. As of midnight, 1.5 inches of snow had already been recorded at Chicago Midway International Airport.