Huge winter storm to bring crippling snow, sleet and ice from Texas to Boston

By EMILIE MEGNIEN, SEAN MURPHY and JEFFREY COLLINS

ATLANTA (AP) — Bread was flying off the shelves, salt was being loaded into trucks and utility workers were nervously watching forecasts Thursday as a huge winter storm that could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather was barreling toward the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.

The massive storm system is expected to bring a crippling ice storm from Texas through parts of the South, potentially...