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That just cripple d portions of north carolina. we're talking half an inch of ice accumulating on power lines, on tree limbs, and within the sc landscape, within this area, some of the national weather service tweeting photos. they said they could physically hear, as the wind blew, it cracked some of the -- they could hear the cracking from the ice breaking on the limbs and within the power lines, as well. what a scene. temperatures still below freezing here, so that means the ice still remains on the ground, black ice a concern. we want to see the temperatures. the mercury and the thermometer...

Parts of this storm. good news, because obviously, sunday morning, people heading to church, perhaps, won't have to interact with too much ice on the roadways. you start moving out of the metropolitan areas, that's where we start to see the potential, at least, for a quarter up to half an inch of ice. here's a look at the larger, broader perspective. you can see some shower and thunderstorm activity across the deep south. we're getting the warm surge of air from the gulf of mexico. temperatures are at or below freezing across new england and into the northeast. and so when you have that overri...

The watch is in blue. the warning's in pink and we have an ice storm warning. that's going to be a big story tomorrow, tonight into tomorrow. 66 million people impacted by these alerts. the only silver lining, i think, is it's a holiday weekend so hopefully a lot of people will be able to clean up and stay home on monday. but this is what the snowfall looks like. we'll start with cold side of the storm. we could see anywhere from 6, 8, 9, up to a foot of snow where you see pink and purple, locally, 20 inches of snow in the mountains of north carolina, in the western part of the state, so a lot...

Freezing rain. and that really is a concern because all along icing has been something that we have been worried about, even a quarter-inch of ice on tree limbs and powerlines. and then you factor in some strong wind gusts and we could be looking at widespread power outages. the main utility company here duke energy saying that up to 150,000 customers could potentially lose power for days. the road behind me is snow-covered, it is slick. we're also hearing reports of spin-outs on highways. >> travel is treacherous across much of our state. many of the routes are covered with snow and ice in we...

Low pressure system. it looks like mother nature is about to bowl a strike across the southeast. it is certainly cold enough to snow in many locations. at least at the surface of the earth. but the origins of the air mass where this moisture is being drawn in -- the gulf of mexico to our south -- means that warm air is invecting into the southeastern portions of u.s. at the middle levels of the atmosphere. this complicates things for meteorologists and for people who live within this area. because it is setting up the potential for a crippling ice storm across the southeast. that is why the na...