Powerful storm still causing miserable conditions

updated 6:00 PM EST, Thu December 27, 2012

Winter storm snarls travel

(CNN) -- The powerful winter storm that moved across the United States this week, dropping record-breaking snow and spinning dangerous tornadoes on Christmas, isn't over yet.

It was dumping more snow on the Northeast on Thursday and leaving behind bitterly cold weather, especially in the South.

While the Northeast is used to dealing with heavy snow in late December, some parts of the country haven't seen this kind of weather in decades.

"This storm not only dumped snow in Southern areas that typically don't see such heavy snow -- especially in late December -- it did so in a short amount of time," CNN meteorologist Bonnie Schneider said. "The low was intense enough, along with other contributing factors, to bring blizzard conditions."