It may not be a white Christmas for most of the United States when people wake up to open gifts Thursday morning, but storms are forecast to dump snow and ice on parts of the Midwest and Northeast late Christmas Day and into the weekend. Meanwhile, Southern California faces flood risks on Christmas Eve and into Christmas.

Travelers in the Midwest and Northeast should exercise caution when traveling for Christmas and when heading home after the holiday. Much of New York, including New York City, New England, and northern Pennsylvania are expected to get anywhere between 1 to 12 inches of snow Thursday night into Friday, AccuWeather reported. The areas likely to see the most snow are southeastern New York and northeastern Pennsylvania, which are slated to get between 6 and 12 inches.

“This fast-moving storm will pack a punch in the Northeast right after Christmas. Holiday travelers should prepare for major slowdowns on roads and at airports,” said AccuWeather’s Senior Meteorologist, Tyler Roys.

Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Baltimore could also see a snow-rain mix.

Much of Michigan and Wisconsin are forecasted to get a snow-ice mix between Thursday and Saturday, with parts of eastern and mid-Michigan forecasted to get hit with a severe ice storm on Friday. Parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota could also be hit with ice or a wintry mix. Most of Ohio and parts of Indiana and northern Illinois, including Chicago, are expected to see rain. Thunderstorms are forecasted to hit central and southern Ohio, along with parts of northeastern Kentucky and western and northern parts of West Virginia, according to AccuWeather.

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The storm is expected to be New York City’s biggest snowfall of the year so far — between 3 and 6 inches — potentially causing travel disruptions for millions of people. ABC News reported that travelers should expect “treacherous commutes” on I-80, I-70, I-90, and I-95.

Southern California was hit with heavy rain on Wednesday, with the stormy weather expected to stick around until Friday, ABC 7 Los Angeles reported. The storm has sparked flood warnings, concerns about potential mudslides, and at least one tornado warning on Wednesday. The tornado warning, which was issued for parts of east-central Los Angeles County, was canceled at 10:40 a.m. local time, but the National Weather Service said that damaging winds would continue throughout the day.

The storm is expected to dump several inches on Southern California, and thousands of customers lost power on Wednesday.

Ariel Cohen, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Los Angeles, warned earlier this week, “If you’re planning to be on the roads for the Christmas holidays, please reconsider your plans.”

A coalition of Democrat attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration’s efforts to protect children from transgender medical procedures. 

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed a suit on Tuesday seeking to challenge the Department of Health and Human Services’ actions to cut off funding for hospitals that perform transgender procedures on kids. In the suit, the Democrat officials claim that transgender procedures are “safe and effective” for young children. 

“By targeting Oregon providers, HHS is putting care at risk and forcing families to choose between their personal health care choices and their doctor’s ability to practice,” Rayfield claimed. “Healthcare decisions belong with families and their healthcare providers, not the government.”

Other states that joined the suit included California, New York, Wisconsin, and over a dozen others. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro also joined the suit. The suit claimed that HHS violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Medicare and Medicaid statutes when it moved to cut funding for hospitals. 

“Research and clinical data support gender-affirming care as a safe and effective treatment for gender dysphoria in adolescents. Patients receiving gender-affirming care have high rates of satisfaction and low incidence of regret compared with other medical treatments,” the suit said. 

Those claims run afoul of research that shows that treatments like puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones can cause infertility, impaired sexual function, diminished bone density, altered brain development, and other irreversible physiological effects. The procedures endorsed by the Democrat officials also include genital mutilation and double mastectomies for girls who identify as boys. 

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Last week, HHS posted rules that will bar hospitals that offer transgender procedures to minors from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. The rules will also prohibit federal funding of Medicaid’s Children’s Health Insurance Program from going toward transgender procedures on those under 19 years of age. 

“Nearly all U.S. hospitals participate in Medicare and Medicaid, and this action is designed to ensure that the U.S. government will not be in business with organizations that intentionally or unintentionally inflict permanent harm on children,” an HHS background document on the announcement said. 

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directed his administration to take action to end all support and funding for transgender procedures on children.