The pileup in Michigan is the latest impact of the major winter storm moving across the U.S. More than 200 million people are in the path of the arctic blasts.

Duke Energy serves about 4.7 million electric customers in the Carolinas, with 3.8 million in North Carolina and nearly 860,000 in South Carolina.

According to social media posts by the National Weather Service of Tallahassee, another push of cold air is moving into the Deep South over the weekend.

NWS meteorologists see increasing potential for strong thunderstorms across north Florida and south Georgia on Sunday as ice storm threat shifts north.

State Sen. Nick DiCeglie, a Republican representing parts of Pinellas County, says Senate Bill 840 is designed to fix unintended consequences of Senate Bill 180. The latter measure is a sweeping hurricane recovery law passed during the 2025 Legislative Session.

Just before 8 a.m. local time, snow flurries dusted the Florida panhandle, with areas such as DeFuniak Springs and Ponce de Leon in Holmes County seeing flakes, as well as Walton County, according to the Florida Department of Transportation’s FL511.

Forecasters across the board are warning about ice buildups that are “downright scary”, according to Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore.

A major winter storm is expected to hit Texas, bringing freezing temperatures, sleet, rain, and snow, beginning Friday. The areas most at risk for the wintry weather are north, northwest, and northeast Texas,