A major winter storm is expected to slam portions of the central, southern and eastern United States this week, bringing heavy snow and strong winds that are likely to snarl travel and knock out power.
The National Weather Service said Thursday morning the storm will move out of Northern Mexico and advance eastward to the Western Gulf Coast by Thursday evening, and to the Central Gulf Coast by Friday morning.
“The storm will move northeastward to western Florida by Friday evening and to the southern Mid-Atlantic Coast by Saturday,” the weather service said Thursday morning …