Another blast of winter storms is closing schools, snarling flights and putting millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central U.S. The National Weather Service says heavy snowfall and icy conditions are likely Friday in Mississippi,

A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma has lumbered eastward into the Deep South and elsewhere. Arkansas Gov.

Paul Kirkwood, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said the storm sweeping through the Dallas area will create a “swath of snow” as it moves through parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi,