Parts of Georgia and Carolinas are digging out from a winter storm on Saturday after it produced heavy snow, freezing rain and ice across the region, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers.

A powerful winter storm is moving into metro Atlanta and North Georgia on Friday, bringing snow, sleet, freezing rain, and hazardous road conditions.

ATLANTA — An impactful winter storm has already brought accumulating snow for many, and a wintry mix of precipitation. Some freezing drizzle lingers overnight. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for metro Atlanta and much of north Georgia, shown in pink, until 7 a.m. Saturday.

Atlanta is bracing for freezing conditions and icy roads as temperatures drop and wintry weather continues to affect the region. Here’s a simplified breakdown of what you need to know:

A winter storm has blanketed Atlanta and its surrounding counties in snow, a rare sight for a city so far south. Residents, many of whom have school or work canceled on Friday, are waking up to their yards and cars iced in white.

If you were planning to pay a DoorDasher to pick up food for you during metro Atlanta's snow storm, you'll have to make other plans. The popular delivery app has temporarily pulled its drivers from the road.

Thousands of flights have been canceled, including more than 400 out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport – the nation’s busiest airport – where a ground delay has been issued.

Storm Cora has paralyzed the South, bringing historic snowfall to Nashville and Memphis, rare snow to Charlotte, North Carolina, and record-breaking icy conditions to parts of Kentucky, Texas and Georgia,