The storm was sweeping across a wide swath of the South on Friday, dumping a mix of wintry precipitation from Oklahoma to Georgia.

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

The winter storm is forecast to spread across parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas on Friday through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. Six to 10 inches of snow

A major winter storm sweeping across the South blanketed areas with snow, sleet and freezing rain. NBC News' Marissa Parra reports the icy conditions in Atlanta triggered flight delays across the country.

Storm Cora is sweeping into the Southeast Friday, delivering a mess of snow and ice from Arkansas and Tennessee to the Carolinas and Virginia, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia and Nashville. Travel will be dangerous if not impossible in some areas.

Twenty states, from Texas to Delaware, were on alert Friday for snow and ice as the storm continued to move across the South.

Schools and buildings from Texas to Georgia were shut down Thursday or prepared to close ahead of freezing rain and snow forecast for much of the Southern U.S. as another burst of plunging