A winter storm had blanketed much of Arkansas in snow by Thursday evening while leaving residents in southern parts of the state coping with a mix of ice and rain.

Any wintry precipitation in Oklahoma and Texas should end in the morning. Snow will fall from the Mid-South region into Kentucky, Tennessee, far northern parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia into North Carolina, upstate South Carolina and Virginia.

While Southern California continues to grapple with several devastating wildfires, a massive winter storm is bringing heavy snow and ice to millions of people across the U.S. South on Friday. The storm will continue on Saturday,

A significant winter storm left a swath of snow and freezing rain marched across the South and East to end the week, snarling travel and canceling schools across parts of 25 states.