Officials have a simple message for Georgians as the massive ice storm moves across the state: stay home.

The winter storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, canceled 14.8K flights and left more than half of all Americans facing sub-zero wind chills.

Officials in several cities, including Boston, New York and Philadelphia, advised residents to avoid traveling if possible through the weekend.

A winter storm warning was released by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 5:01 a.m. in effect until Monday at 1 p.m. for Northern Clinton, Northern Centre, Southern Centre, Northern Lycoming, Southern Clinton and Southern Lycoming as well as Warren,

As millions of Americans hunker down for the winter storm, 17 states and Washington, D.C., have declared states of emergency.

Snow and dangerous ice spans 1,300 miles of the US and is still pushing east. It will impact more than 2,000 miles from Texas to New England through

"Winds will pick up in the afternoon and evening, especially near the coast and could create near white-out conditions/near blizzard conditions with winds gusting 30 to 40 mph at times."

Grid operators deploy emergency measures to keep lights on as extreme weather drives heating demand and strains natural gas delivery systems nationwide.