Residents across New Mexico and Colorado hunkered down in biting wintry conditions Thursday that made roads impassable, as forecasters predicted there could be historic amounts of snow in the region.

A major winter storm is moving into New Mexico Wednesday. This storm will bring major to extreme impacts through Friday, with feet of snow falling in parts of the state. A significant, early winter storm is starting in New Mexico.

A slow-moving winter storm was expected to drop up to three feet of snow in parts of the two states through Saturday, causing perilous road conditions and power outages.