The Atlanta airport is facing hundreds of delays and cancellations, as well as lengthy security wait times, as a winter storm hits the South.

An unusual winter storm swept through the Deep South on Tuesday, bringing significant and even once-in-a-lifetime snowfall to unexpected areas.

The winter storm brought up to about 2 inches of snow over parts of north Georgia and areas south of Interstate 20.

Wednesday is a First Alert Weather Day following the snow that fell across parts of the metro during the afternoon and into the evening hours on Tuesday.

This broke the previous daily record of a track of snow from 2014. This brings our seasonal snowfall total up to 3.2 inches for the city of Atlanta. This is our snowiest winter in 8 years. In 2017-2018,