Snow, Ice Blasts Through South With Powerful Winter Storm

Snow, Ice Blasts Through South With Powerful Winter Storm
Crews plowing snow and ice in York County, S.C., on Jan. 16, 2022. South Carolina Department of Transportation via AP
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ATLANTA—A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice was sweeping through parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, knocking out power, felling trees and fences and coating roads with a treacherous frigid glaze.

Tens of thousands of customers were without power in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. More than an inch of snow fell per hour in some parts of the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia, according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.