Another blast of winter storms is closing schools, snarling flights and putting millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central U.S. The National Weather Service says heavy snowfall and icy conditions are likely Friday in Mississippi,

A storm that brought snow and ice to the Gulf Coast states was moving east on Friday. Parts of the South not used to winter weather were waking up on Friday to a mix of snow and sleet that has already closed schools,

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