The storm will reach a new gear on Sunday, with snow, sleet and freezing rain intensifying from Kansas to Virginia.

A powerful winter storm that unleashed heavy snowfall and coated roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma has pushed into the South, leading governors to declare states of emergency and prompting widespread school closures.

Some southern states are bracing for their biggest winter storm in several years as snow falls from the Rockies to the East Coast. On Thursday, the weathers start to deteriorate in northern and western Texas,