Portions of northeast Georgia, Piedmont and Western North Carolina, and Upstate South Carolina are currently under a winter storm warning by the National Weather Service. The warning, which replaced an earlier winter storm watch, is in effect from 7 a.m. Friday through Saturday morning.

RDU airport ready for winter storms approaching

Banks, financial markets, and the Post Office are closed today for President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral. The service is at 10 a.m. at the Washington National Cathedral, after which Carter’s remains will travel back to Plains,

Crews across the Upstate are preparing the roads and airport for this week’s winter storm. At Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, teams are getting heavy machinery ready to tackle the conditions.