With a major winter storm unfolding over the South, snow and ice will severely impact travelers and residents from Texas to the Carolinas through midweek.
Snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain began across the region on Monday night and is forecast to continue through much of Tuesday. During this day, the wintry precipitation will focus on an area stretching from southern North Carolina and upstate South Carolina, across northern Alabama, central Mississippi and into central Texas.
Road conditions are expected to deteriorate throughout Tuesday as flight delays and cancellations mount, but the worst of the storm looks to hold off until Wednesday and will focus from the southern Appalachians to just inland of the Atlantic coast in the Carolinas and Virginia.
Nearly 600 flights have been cancelled at Atlanta International Airport alone as of Tuesday midday.
Just a few of the many cities that will feel the impacts of this storm on Tuesday include Dallas, Shreveport, La.; Tupelo, Miss.; Birmingham and Huntsville, Ala.; Atlanta; Columbia, S.C.; and Fayetteville, N.C.
In many cases, roads may be too dangerous for travel. There is the potential to become stranded. If you drive, there is the risk of not only putting yourself at risk but also your would-be rescuers.
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