Winter storms closed schools, snarled flights and put millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central United States.

A low-pressure system is moving across the country, delivering rain, snow, and ice to much of the southeast. This same system will be making its way along the east coast early this weekend, bringing a chance for accumulating snow to the tri-state.

A powerful winter storm dumps heavy snow on the southern U.S. states Friday; blankets Atlanta George W. Bush gave fellow former president Barack Obama a friendly belly tap at the Jan. 9 funeral of Jimmy Carter,