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Major winter storm: South braces for big blast of snow, ice

A person clears out of several inches of snow on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, after a winter storm crossed the state overnight. Heavy snow is spreading across a large swath of the Midwest, where travel conditions deteriorated. (Bryon Houlgrave /The Des Moines Register via AP) Traffic backs up along Interstate 80/35 near Urbandale, Iowa, due to multiple vehicle accidents on the freeway on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, after a winter storm dumped several inches of snow across central Iowa. Heavy snow is spreading across a large swath of the Midwest, where travel conditions deteriorated. (Bryon Houlgrave /The Des Moines Register via AP) Bonny Obutu shovels snow off his sidewalk in West Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, after a winter storm dumped several inches of snow across central Iowa. Heavy snow is spreading across a large swath of the Midwest, where travel conditions deteriorated. (Bryon Houlgrave /The Des Moines Register via AP) A jack-knifed semi sits stranded on shoulder of Interstate 80 near Mitchellville, Iowa, on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, after a winter storm dumped several inches of snow across central Iowa. Heavy snow is spreading across a large swath of the Midwest, where travel conditions deteriorated. (Bryon Houlgrave /The Des Moines Register via AP) A semi accident holds up traffic on Interstate 80 near Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, after a winter storm dumped several inches of snow across central Iowa. Heavy snow is spreading across a large swath of the Midwest, where travel conditions deteriorated. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP) A Georgia Department of Transportation brine tank is seen atop a truck, ahead of a winter storm at the GDOT's Maintenance Activities Unit location on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Forest Park, Ga. A winter storm is headed south that could effect much of Georgia through Sunday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) A Georgia Department of Transportation response member pulls a lever on a brine truck ahead of a winter storm at the GDOT's Maintenance Activities Unit location on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Forest Park, Ga. A winter storm is headed south that could effect much of Georgia through Sunday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) A tractor sits in front of a pile of salt used to create a brine that will help clear road of ice and snow ahead of a winter storm at the GDOT's Maintenance Activities Unit location on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Forest Park, Ga. A winter storm is headed south that could effect much of Georgia through Sunday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Hoes used to fill brine are seen near brine tank storage bins ahead of a winter storm at the GDOT's Maintenance Activities Unit location on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Forest Park, Ga. A winter storm is headed south that could effect much of Georgia through Sunday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) A Georgia Department of Transportation response member looks at a brine truck tank being filled ahead of a winter storm at the GDOT's Maintenance Activities Unit location on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Forest Park, Ga. A winter storm is headed south that could effect much of Georgia through Sunday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Major winter storm: South braces for big blast of snow, ice