A major winter storm has disrupted daily life across the Southern U.S., closing schools for 1.5 million students in Texas, Arkansas, and Virginia. With heavy snow, freezing rain, and temperatures plummeting,
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
Three people died in vehicle crashes in Virginia, according to state police. Other weather-related fatal accidents occurred Sunday near Charleston, West Virginia, and Monday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Kansas, where over a foot (30 centimeters) of snow fell in places, had two deadly weekend crashes.
Arkansas' capital, Little Rock, closed schools on Thursday ... were canceled Wednesday for a third-straight day and Virginia's capital, Richmond, was still under a weather-related water-boil ...