The forecasts had predicted that the storm could be among the worst in a generation to hit the region. By Monday, it was clear that is exactly what happened.

The massive storm dumped heavy snow and ice across a huge swath of the United States, leaving more than 800,000 homes without power.

Much of north Georgia is covered in ice Sunday morning as a winter storm moved across the state. Follow for updates.

Reporters from across the NPR Network are covering the storm in each state — the impact and how officials are responding.

On Sunday, millions from New Mexico to the Northeast saw impacts from Winter Storm Fern. Thick layers of ice remain on the ground and power lines, and outages across the South skyrocketed as a result. The storm has claimed the lives of two men in Louisiana. Officials there confirm they both died of hypothermia.

The local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) said they offered lineman to help Nashville Electric Service but were turned away in the wake of a crippling ice storm that knocked out power for more than 230,

On Tuesday evening, Wake County public schools made the decision that schools would be in remote learning another day due to lingering ice from a weekend winter storm.

The latest winter weather updates and what is happening in Asheville and Western North Carolina today, Jan. 26.

Dangerous ice and Arctic cold snapped trees and power lines across the South, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity and slowing recovery efforts.

Everyone from school systems to local municipalities is preparing for the worst as an ice storm threatens travel and power.