A winter storm has blanketed Atlanta and its surrounding counties in snow, a rare sight for a city so far south. Residents, many of whom have school or work canceled on Friday, are waking up to their yards and cars iced in white.

Thousands of people are without power as a winter storm moves through metro Atlanta and north Georgia. Statewide, more than 90,000 people are without power in Georgia. In the perimeter, at least 37,000 people are without power,