The snow is moving out of metro Atlanta but not before leaving icy conditions across area roadways. As early as 4 p.m., Channel 2 Action News had already started getting reports of impassable roads in parts of metro Atlanta and that has only gotten worse.
School districts across metro Atlanta and South Georgia are continuing to cancel and delay school. Announcements have already been made for Wednesday.
The snow may be over in north Georgia, but dropping temperatures in the next few hours will lead to dangerous conditions on metro Atlanta's roads and potential power outages.
ATLANTA - As a winter storm approaches, both the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the city of Atlanta are taking proactive measures to ensure public safety. GDOT crews have already been dispatched to brine interstates and other critical routes.
ATLANTA — A Weather Impact Alert is in place through Wednesday morning as a long-duration freeze sets in across north Georgia amid the season's coldest temperatures. Many parts of metro Atlanta could stay at or below freezing for more than 60 hours this week, with areas in the north Georgia mountains seeing freezing temperatures for over 80 hours.
As several Georgia communities prepare for another winter storm, state leaders and agencies gave info on what will happen and what's being done.
Snow was falling in New Orleans, where as much as 8 inches were expected to accumulate by the end of the day, threatening to tie a record set in 1895.
Roughly 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are under winter weather alerts as a rare winter storm amid bone-chilling temperatures brings potentially historic snowfall to cities unused to harsh,
A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days.
All remaining flights are canceled for Tuesday at Augusta Regional Airport as a winter storm moves through the region.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east overnight, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.