This morning atlanta is bracing for a potentially devastating winter storm, a brutal combination of heavy snow and dangerous crippling freezing rain and ice that could produce widespread power outages. The Severe Weather is part of a storm system that stretches from texas all the way to new england. States of emergency have been declareded in atlanta, alabama, North Carolina, mississippi, and virginia. The roads in North Carolina are already covered with snow. This car right here with five people on board slid down an embankment. So far nationwide more than 2,500 flights have been canceled today. The big concern today in atlanta is ice. Up to an inch and a half could coat the city and that could knock out power to hundreds of thousands. Omar villafranca is in atlanta. Reporter rain is falling in atlanta, but it will soon start freezing over. Before its all done the National Weather service says the storm could be of significant proportions with crippling ice conditions. It could keep y
Police moved in but the suspect moved off. The suspect reportedly opened fire on the police. Tonight two men are in custody. We are told no officers were hurt in the exchange. Jackie benson will have a live report in just a few minutes. We have weather now. Winter storm creating challenges for drivers all over the area. A flash freeze turned snow into ice that led to dangerous driving conditions especially on side yods. Here is the scene, a car slammed through a Subway Restaurant at georgia avenue. Nobody was hurt. As you can see the damage was extensive. A driver lost control of his truck and ended up in a wooded area off the side of the road. This happened about 5 30 this evening. The driver was able to get out of there and was not seriously injured. We have Team Coverage of the storm and the cold. Doug is tracking temperatures. We begin in ashburn where we learned Loudoun County Public Schools will be closed for the rest of the week. Reporter it is so cold out here i removed this fo
Good evening. This is our western edition. Just as we wer just as we were running out of words to describe this endless winter, today the Weather Service offered historic and catastrophic to describe the potential of the storm making its way across the south tonight. Winter storm watches, warnings and advisories are up from texas all the way over to the east coast, the storms next target. Tonight, alabama is getting a second round of snow. And along the storms path, ice is likely to bring down power lines and make roads treacherous. We have a team of cbs news correspondents covering the storm. First, Mark Strassmann in atlanta. Mark. Reporter heres the worry, scott. Two weeks ago, it took three hours of precipitation to ice in and gridlock atlanta. Local forecasters say this storm could bring 18 hours of precipitation. In anxious atlanta, roads and highways were lightly traveled all day. Many commuters stayed home, most schools canceled classes. The National Weather system predicted th
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