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Alabama went to the extreme step of canceling classes for every public school in the state -- about 727,000 students -- on Wednesday, while more than 27,444 customers were without power in North Carolina by Wednesday afternoon, the North Carolina Office of Emergency Management said on Twitter.
Power outages statewide have risen to 27,444, concentrated mostly in Central NC. Counties with most impacts: Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Gaston, Lee, Mecklenburg, Moore, Orange & Stanly #ncwx snow
— NC Emergency Managem (@NCEmergency) January 17, 2018
Record cold was recorded in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Greenwood, Mississippi. The mercury touched 19 degrees in Houston, the first time the temperature dropped into the teens since 1996.
About 1 to 3 inches of snow fell in Atlanta, with 2.3 inches at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Storm alerts were issued from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast, with even a freeze watch for usually warm central Florida.
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By early afternoon, the snow moved into Raleigh, North Carolina, where a winter storm warning has been issued for up to 6 inches of snow.
Snow will continue in the Northeast Wednesday afternoon, with the heaviest falling just east of Boston and north of New York City.
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During the evening rush hour, major delays are expected in the Carolinas from Columbia to Raleigh.
Snow will be falling around Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia, where slick roads are also expected.
When all is said and done, the heaviest snow will fall in western Massachusetts and into northern New England where 9 inches is possible in the highest elevations.
A half a foot of snow is also possible in North Carolina.
The cold air follows the storm all the way into the Gulf Coast and Florida for the next couple of days.
Thursday morning will be the coldest in the Southeast and Florida, where a freeze watch has been issued for Tampa. A wind chill advisory was issued for Fort Myers.
It will feel like single digits in Atlanta and in the teens and 20s in Florida.
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ABC News' Rachel Katz contributed to this report.
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