Winter storm plods into U.S. Deep South


By Xia Lin

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma lumbered eastward into southern U.S. states on Friday, prompting governors to declare states of emergency and shuttering schools across the region.

Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders mobilized the National Guard to help stranded motorists. School was canceled for millions of children across a wide tract of southern states from Texas to Georgia and as far east as South Carolina, The Associated Press reported.

Some of the heaviest snowfall was expected on Friday across the northern half of Arkansas and much of Tennessee, with expected totals in some parts of those states ranging from 6 to 9 inches (about 15 to 22 centimeters), according to the National Weather Service.

Farther south and east into Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, a wintry mix of sleet, snow and ice made travel treacherous, added the report.

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