A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the US South today — causing dangerously icy roads, immobilising snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people.
Accidents on snow-covered interstates are causing major delays, hundreds of flights have been cancelled and drivers in North Carolina and Virginia are getting stuck in snow or losing control on icy patches.
Kids and the young at heart are taking advantage of heavy snow totals with snowball fights and snowmen.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper strongly urged residents to stay off the roads, asking drivers not to put lives of first responders needlessly at risk. Cooper said emergency crews, including the National Guard, had worked overnight to clear traffic accidents on major roadways. One tractor trailer ran off a road and into a river, Cooper said.
"Stay put if you can," Cooper said. "Wrap a few presents, decorate the tree, watch some football."