This historic storm is already hitting the South, and will spread destructive ice and heavy snow over 34 states through Monday including the Midwest and Northeast. Here is the very latest forecast.

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A winter storm named Fern by The Weather Channel is moving across the South and Southeast this weekend. Multiple states are in the path of the storm’s ice threat, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas. Once the storm moves north, it’s going to pull some warmer air into the Southeast, allowing precipitation to change over into rain and even fueling a potential weak severe threat.

The winter storm is ushering in extreme cold into next week for much of the country. Extreme cold warnings have been issued in the Upper Midwest, Northeast and Southern Plains. Single-digit and sub-zero highs are possible across much of the Northern Tier, and widespread power outages in the Southern Plains from this weekend’s ice threat will worsen the threat of extreme cold for many.

Winter Storm Fern is dumping heavy snow across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, transforming communities that rarely see winter weather like this. Arctic air crashed into the South overnight, dropping temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below normal and turning freezing rain into several inches of snow. Some areas are measuring 4 to 8 inches of snow — more than they'd typically see in an entire year. The storm is expected to continue bringing dangerous conditions through the weekend.