Ice Storm Leaves Quarter Million in South Without Power
Ice Storm Leaves Quarter Million in South Without Power
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University of Kentucky students Courtney Wiseman, left, and Abby Lerner walk home after studying on campus even as classes were canceled for the day in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 16, 2015.David Stephenson—AP
A rare band of snow and ice pummeling the South left more than a quarter of a million customers without power, canceled 3,000 flights, and triggered mayhem on the roads early Tuesday.
Some 20 million Americans were under winter storm warnings at 4:45 a.m. ET after the storm hit on Monday. Six governors from Mississippi to Virginia declared states of emergency and ice storm warnings were in effect for two million people in Tennessee and South Carolina.
And the region was far from out of the woods: Forecasters warned that another system arriving Thursday looked likely to bring more snow…
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A pedestrian makes her way past a Victoria's Secret store along a snow covered street during a winter snowstorm in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015. Brian Snyder—ReutersA piece of heavy equipment is used to clear snow from the warning track at Fenway Park in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.Jessica Rinaldi—Boston Globe/Getty ImagesSnow fills the seats at Fenway Park in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.Jessica Rinaldi—Boston Globe/Getty ImagesA cross-country skier goes up a path near the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015. Dominick Reuter—EPAA cyclist rides across the Mass Ave bridge during a winter snow storm in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015. Brian Snyder—ReutersWorkers clear snow around the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) South Station in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.Kayana Szymczak—Getty ImagesAnn Laborte shovels a path through the large mound of snow outside her Commonwealth Avenue home in Boston, Mass., Feb. 10, 2015.Nicolaus Czarnecki—ZumapressGreg Burkett clears the snow from the front of his house during a winter snowstorm in Cambridge, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015. Brian Snyder—ReutersBen Carton snowboards off snow plowed into a pile in a parking lot during a winter snowstorm in Somerville, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015.Brian Snyder—ReutersJay Bullens Jr. of Able Roofing climbs with a sledgehammer to the third floor of a house to knock snow and ice from a roof on Beals Street in Brookline, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015. Lane Turner—Boston Globe/Getty ImagesA house is covered in snow and ice on Jane Road in Methuen, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015. Jim Davis—Boston Globe/Getty Images
