At least four homes along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore have crumbled since Sunday after a nor’easter brought high winds and rough surf.

As parts of the nation were battered by another massive winter storm, the South found itself in an unfamiliar weather territory. AccuWeather said blankets of snow stretched from Charlotte, North Carolina, to High Point, North Carolina. The highest recorded total in the state occurred in Faust, which received up to 22.5 inches of powder.

Forecasts for snow, gale-force winds and coastal flooding stretch from the Southeast along the Atlantic Coast.

Local reports said the pileup involved as many as 100 vehicles and it wasn't immediately known how many injuries there were. The collision occurred in the northbound lanes of the interstate near Kannapolis, North Carolina, where at least 14.5 inches of snow have fallen Saturday during Winter Storm Gianna.

Gov. Josh Stein has declared a state of emergency for North Carolina in anticipation of a winter storm expected this weekend.

NASCAR has announced schedule changes to Cook Out Clash weekend in light of the winter storm that has impacted North Carolina, the home of the exhibition's events at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem.

Snowfall was relatively light in the Triangle, but areas of the coastal plain and Piedmont received more than a foot of snow.

A powerful bomb cyclone is slamming parts of the East Coast, bringing heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding. The storm, which has already delivered record-breaking snowfall to parts of the Carolinas,