A winter storm is expected across the South beginning Friday and the East this weekend. There is a lot of wiggle room here, but check back with us frequently to see if your area could be impacted.

Record cold will push into the U.S. this week, bringing brutal and potentially life-threatening conditions for millions across the central and eastern parts of the country.

Winter Storm Fern has the potential to bring widespread snow and ice to the Southeast this weekend. Rain looks to change over to a mix of freezing rain and sleet Saturday into Sunday in places like Atlanta, Raleigh, Charlotte, Jackson and Huntsville. As of right now, precipitation looks to fall as mainly snow across Tennessee and western North Carolina. Watch this video for your hour-by-hour forecast.

People living on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East are no strangers to brutal winters, but the heaviest snowfall in 60 years has put them to the test. They’re slowly digging out after entire buildings were buried underneath mountains of snow. Sometimes the only way out was taking a daring leap of faith from a window. Witness the surreal scenes from this historic storm.

This weekend, a powerful solar flare erupted from the sun, and that coronal mass ejection began to hit the earth on Monday. Beautiful auroras populated the night sky starting as far south as New Mexico. And some will have another shot at seeing the lights on Tuesday. So, If the opportunity presents itself tonight, make sure to look up.