For millions from New Mexico to Alabama, Winter Storm Fern is at their door. Thick layers of ice are on the ground and power lines, and outages across the South are skyrocketing.
Heavy snow is blanketing towns from Arkansas to Washington, D.C., and it's still coming down. At least 24 states have declared emergencies, many roads and highways are impassable and a staggering number of flight cancellations are piling up.
We're not onlytracking the storm's pathfor you, but we'll also be bringing you live updates throughout the day on every angle of the storm. Here's what's happening now.
(05:50 a.m. EST) 'Thunderice' In Texas As Power Outages Soar
Texas is bearing the brunt of massive power outages this morning, and you can see why here. Roaring thunder and lightning accompanied freezing rain and ice overnight.
While more than 300,000 outages have been reported nationwide byPoweroutage.us, upward of 90,000 of them are in Texas alone.
Mississippi is close behind with some 80,000 homes and businesses left in the dark and the cold.
Louisiana is reporting more than 70,000 outages, and Tennessee has over 30,000.
