THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.   CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Welcome to February and a new week of CNN Student News! Today’s show is dedicated to all of our viewers serving in the U.S. military and their families stationed overseas, including those in Ms. Youness' classes at Kubasaki High School in Okinawa, Japan! First Up: Winter Storm AZUZ: First up, record snowfalls in the eastern U.S. as winter weather blankets the region. Half a foot in Baltimore, twice that much in parts of Virginia: Those were the forecasts this past weekend as the storm dumped snow and ice up and down the East Coast. It left thousands of people without power and caused some states to declare an emergency. Pat St. Claire has more on the winter weather's impact. (BEGIN VIDEO) PAT ST. CLAIRE, CNN CORRESPONDENT, ATLANTA: A tough day to be outdoors in the nation's capital, as a large storm brings inches of snow in the D.C. metro area. A local news crew caught up to Ben Cheran, who had scoring and snow on his mind. BEN CHERAN, STUCK IN SNOW: I'm trying to go to the Georgetown-Duke game, and I'm having a tough time getting over to the Verizon Center. UNIDENTIFIED WJLA REPORTER: Can't get a cab? CHERAN: Can't get a cab. ST. CLAIRE: The storm has made for treacherous roads across the Southeast and much of the Mid-Atlantic. At this shopping center in northern Georgia, where many headed to stock up on essentials, residents expressed concerns about ice. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN ON THE STREET: Kind of scary. If we have ice on the lines, we will have no power, no heat, and I don't have a heater. ST. CLAIRE: The cold weather meant brisk sales for some stores selling supplies or gas stations selling kerosene, but things weren't as rosy for Giovanni Scotti and his North Carolina Italian restaurant. GIOVANNI SCOTTI, BUSINESS OWNER: Nobody is coming inside for it. ST. CLAIRE: And some wonder what the big deal is. CHERAN: I'm from Massachuse...