Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and other state officials held a news conference Tuesday morning to give an update on winter storm preparations and urge Georgians to stay off the roads as conditions are expected to deteriorate rapidly.

A person is dead as the state of Georgia experiences freezing temperatures on Tuesday, according to state officials. Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security Director Chris Stallings announced the death in a news conference on Tuesday,

Georgia Emergency Management and DOT crews say most of the interstates and roads statewide are prepared for the winter storm.

NWS Tallahassee FL issues a freeze warning for Thursday January 23rd for Georgia until January 24th. Check back here for updates.

NWS Jacksonville FL issues a cold weather advisory for Friday January 24th for Georgia. Check back here for updates.

Georgia has seen at least one death due to the latest winter weather, a state official announced Tuesday. The critical needs patient got outside Monday night and died of

NEW ORLEANS — A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days.

Thousands of miles of coastline between Texas and Florida were buffeted by powerful snowstorms over the past few days, with many locations across the Gulf Coast seeing record-breaking snowfall. Some areas in Louisiana and Alabama saw over 11 inches of snow,

A major winter storm slammed the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, blanketing parts of a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather with record-breaking snowfall.

Protecting homes, cars, people and pets from snow, ice and bitterly cold temperatures is a way of life in many northern states

The National Weather Service warned the Citizen Times that extremely low wind chill values could lead to frostbite, hypothermia.

Dale County coroner John Cawley confirms to PEOPLE that a 37-year-old man from Pinckard, Ala., died in a fire on Tuesday, Jan. 21, after he used his stove to warm his home amid freezing cold temperatures.