With the threat of severe storms and flooding throughout the region, a number of Middle Tennessee school districts have canceled classes Thursday. Cheatham County Schools was among the first to close.

Some Middle Tennessee students will have long weekends as school districts began canceling Friday classes Thursday afternoon amid an ongoing threat of severe weather. Cheatham and Robertson County Schools will both be closed Friday as severe weather continues to play a significant role in the forecast.

As the Mid-South recovers from Wednesday night's severe weather, many Memphis-area schools are holding classes Thursday.

Schools across Northern Michigan are shutting their doors for the remainder of the week as communities grapple with the lingering impacts of this week’s devastating ice storms.

Many school districts across central and northern Minnesota are starting classes late Thursday morning — or moving to online learning — to give crews more time to clear streets and highways, after a spring storm dropped more than a foot of snow.