Winter Storm Causes Icy Roads Across Swath of South

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CHARLOTTE, N.C.—A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Dec. 9, 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 snowball fights, sledding and snowmen.