thousands of flights were canceled tuesday. the hardest hit airport, atlanta's hart field jackson international airport. right now we are seeing sleet falling here in charleston. we've seen primarily rain up until this point. you can see the ice pellets bouncing off the top of this bin. you can also see over here, i want to show you ice accumulating on the signs. ice like this has caused several power outages. several hundred people without power right now in this area. they are working to restore services. >> all right. thank you very much for that. as we well know, it is incredible how this storm is crippling parts of the south this morning. some children were stuck in classrooms and gyms. let's bring in the director of emergency management in atlanta