Southern Areas Hit by Winter Storm Thaw and Power Slowly Returns

Southern Areas Hit by Winter Storm Thaw and Power Slowly Returns
Joe Huff (L) and Kenny Braden with "The Yard Barber" work to clear snow from the driveway of a home in The Summit neighborhood in Owensboro, Ky., on Jan. 11, 2025. Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP
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After a freezing winter storm shut schools, cut power and cancelled or delayed flights, the South was slowly thawing Sunday.

Crews worked furiously and by Sunday morning power had been restored to parts of North Carolina and South Carolina where tens of thousands of customers lost electricity over the last few days, according to Duke Energy.