ATLANTA — Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is currently under a ground stop, meaning planes cannot fly in our out of the airport. According to flight tracker Flight Aware, more than 1,000 flights at the Atlanta airport have been canceled on Friday. Another 500 flights have been delayed.

A potent winter storm is hammering the South with snow and ice, causing major travel disruptions and power outages just a day after it walloped the Plains.

A winter storm bringing a mix of snow and ice to the Southeast is snarling air travel Friday. More than 3,200 U.S. flights have been canceled and over 5,100 others have been delayed as of 6:30 p.m. ET,

Flight 2668 had 201 passengers onboard, who were evacuated from the plane via emergency slides and taken back to the terminal via ground transportation, according to officials.

Officials at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport confirmed that four passengers received minor injuries after a Delta jet had to be evacuated on the tarmac.

Four passengers have been injured after a Delta Air Lines jet at the Atlanta airport aborted its takeoff for a flight to Minneapolis