Overview
- Eastern North Carolina saw the worst conditions, with 8 to 12 inches of snow in spots and near-blizzard whiteouts reported.
- Outer Banks gusts approached hurricane force and the National Weather Service warned of 2 to 4 feet of ocean overwash at high tide, threatening NC Highway 12.
- More than 130 million people were under cold or winter storm alerts as an Arctic surge drives temperatures far below normal across the eastern United States.
- FlightAware reported about 1,500 cancellations by Saturday morning, with Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh–Durham among the hardest-hit airports.
- Nearly 200,000 customers were without power, mostly in the South, as states of emergency and response efforts continued in the Carolinas and Georgia.