Parts of Georgia and Carolinas are digging out from a winter storm on Saturday after it produced heavy snow, freezing rain and ice across the region, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers.

If you were planning to pay a DoorDasher to pick up food for you during metro Atlanta's snow storm, you'll have to make other plans. The popular delivery app has temporarily pulled its drivers from the road.

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.

Atlanta is bracing for freezing conditions and icy roads as temperatures drop and wintry weather continues to affect the region. Here’s a simplified breakdown of what you need to know:

Right now, we are still 48 hours away from the winter event, but as we get closer, it is likely to be upgraded to a Winter Weather Advisory or a Winter Storm Warning.

Storm Cora has paralyzed the South, bringing historic snowfall to Nashville and Memphis, rare snow to Charlotte, North Carolina, and record-breaking icy conditions to parts of Kentucky, Texas and Georgia,