Winter storm spawns heavy snow in the Northeast as ice grips the South

A sprawling winter storm is dumping heavy snow from the Plains to the Northeast while freezing rain grips the South, triggering widespread power outages (hundreds of thousands) and thousands of flight cancellations as icy conditions disrupt travel; snow totals of 6–12 inches are expected across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with NYC potentially seeing up to a foot, while icing spikes outages in the South and bitter cold follows as the system moves east.