North Carolina and Virginia are hit the hardest, with outages and accidents resulting.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — A massive storm brought snow, sleet and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday – causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people.
Accidents on snow-covered interstates caused major delays, hundreds of flights were canceled and drivers in North Carolina and Virginia got stuck in snow or lost control on icy patches. Meanwhile, kids and the young at heart took advantage of the early winter snow with outdoor fun.
Police in North Carolina and Virginia said they had responded to hundreds of snow-related accidents as of Sunday afternoon.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper strongly urged residents to stay off the roads Sunday, asking drivers not to put lives of first responders needlessly at risk.
