As southern Michigan prepares for an overnight ice storm, here's a look at ways you can protect yourself and family from outages, damage.

Forecasts anticipate that an ice storm will hit the Midwest and Northeast by mid-week, with at least six states expecting a high chance of impacts. Widespread freezing rain is expected to bring impacts from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic beginning on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service says southwest Michigan will be the first part of the state to be impacted Wednesday night as freezing rain falls.