The storm was sweeping across a wide swath of the South on Friday, dumping a mix of wintry precipitation from Oklahoma to Georgia.

As metro Atlanta and North Georgia are inundated with snow and ice, FOX 5 Storm Team Chief Meteorologist David Chandley and Meteorologist Laurann Robinson bring us a sneak peek at what's to come, including snowfall totals.

A powerful winter storm is moving into metro Atlanta and North Georgia on Friday, bringing snow, sleet, freezing rain, and hazardous road conditions.

At least 46 million people were under a winter storm warning as of Thursday as the storm spreads along the Gulf Coast Friday, according to the weather service. The storm should weaken by Saturday, bringing lighter snow between 1 and 3 inches to parts of the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic and the Ohio Valley before exiting off the Carolinas.

A major winter storm sweeping across the South blanketed areas with snow, sleet and freezing rain. NBC News' Marissa Parra reports the icy conditions in Atlanta triggered flight delays across the country.

Storm Cora is sweeping into the Southeast Friday, delivering a mess of snow and ice from Arkansas and Tennessee to the Carolinas and Virginia, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia and Nashville. Travel will be dangerous if not impossible in some areas.

Twenty states, from Texas to Delaware, were on alert Friday for snow and ice as the storm continued to move across the South.

Schools and buildings from Texas to Georgia were shut down Thursday or prepared to close ahead of freezing rain and snow forecast for much of the Southern U.S. as another burst of plunging

Snow and icy conditions threatened to paralyze parts of the U.S. South from Texas to Alabama on Thursday, as officials closed schools, canceled or delayed flights and warned residents in some of the worst-hit areas to stay off roads as a winter storm moves east.