As a historic winter storm hit Florida and Georgia on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning, thousands were left without power.

As a rare winter system continues to impact northern Florida and the Panhandle on Wednesday, bringing historic snowfall and frigid temperatures in some areas, power outages are affecting residents.

Weather alerts via text: Sign up to get updates about current storms and weather events by location Almost 34,000 power outages were reported across Florida at 6:30 a.m. Officials ... Click on the map ...

Multiple states in the southern and southeastern U.S. were at risk of power outages as winter storms were predicted to move through parts of the region.

Weather alerts via text: Sign up to get updates about current storms and weather events by location Almost 34,000 power outages were reported across Florida at 6:30 a.m. Officials warned before ...