Rain, snow, floods: Travel may be iffy

A slew of weather warnings and watches extended Tuesday from northeastern Texas to southern Maine as a stalled frontal system threatened some areas with heavy snow and others with significant rain.
The National Weather Service said snow is likely in southern New England and the northern Mid-Atlantic states. Flash floods are possible in parts of the Southeast.

Traveling conditions in several states have already become precarious.

More than 170 departing flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were canceled due to freezing rain at destinations throughout the South.

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In Louisiana, police in DeSoto Parish had responded to at least 20 incidents, many on Interstate 49. Lt. Donnie Barber of the sheriff's office said there were no reports of life-threatening injuries.

According to the Louisiana Transportation Department, more than 18 miles of Interstate 220 near Shreveport were closed.
Many bridges in northern Mississippi were iced over, said Brett Carr, a spokesman with that state's emergency management agency.
Carr added that several hundred power customers in Greenville, near the Mississippi River, were in the dark.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant issued a state of emergency "for all counties impacted by the freezing rain, flooding and severe weather."