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Late in the afternoon Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, snow covers the frozen waters of the Lake Lawson Lake Smith Natural Area in Virginia Beach, Va. A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. (L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
- L. Todd Spencer
Late in the afternoon Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, snow covers the frozen water of Lake Smith in Virginia Beach, Va. A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. (L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
- L. Todd Spencer
Vehicles move along a snow and ice covered Interstate 26, near Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm dumped snow in Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three decades before slogging up the Atlantic coast and smacking Southern cities such as Savannah and Charleston, South Carolina, with a rare blast of snow and ice. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
- Robert Ray
People attend to their vehicle on Interstate 26, near Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm dumped snow in Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three decades before slogging up the Atlantic coast and smacking Southern cities such as Savannah and Charleston, South Carolina, with a rare blast of snow and ice. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
- Robert Ray
Children sled down a hill on a golf course at the Isle of Palms, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm dumped snow in Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three decades before slogging up the Atlantic coast and smacking Southern cities such as Savannah and Charleston, South Carolina, with a rare blast of snow and ice. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
- Mic Smith
Finley Bork, 7, uses a boogie board, typically used on the beach, for sledding down a hill on a golf course at the Isle of Palms, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
- Mic Smith
Road salt is loaded into a truck surrounded by mountains of salt at Eastern Minerals Inc., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in the Boston suburb of Chelsea, Mass. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for Thursday that extends from Block Island, R.I., north to coastal Maine. Most of the rest of southern New England is under a winter storm watch. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
- Bill Sikes
Vehicles move along a snow and ice covered Interstate 26, near Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm dumped snow in Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three decades before slogging up the Atlantic coast and smacking Southern cities such as Savannah and Charleston, South Carolina, with a rare blast of snow and ice. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
- Robert Ray
A man jogs on the beach in Keansburg, N.J., where a thick layer of ice covers the water on the Raritan Bay, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. The New Jersey Shore, which has been experiencing deep cold weather, is gearing up for a winter storm that forecasters say will bring several inches of snow on Thursday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
- Julio Cortez
A person walks in the snow on King Street in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. (Matthew Fortner/The Post And Courier via AP)
- Matthew Fortner
Late in the afternoon Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, snow covers pathways of the Lake Lawson Lake Smith Natural Area in Virginia Beach, Va. A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. (L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
- L. Todd Spencer
Late in the afternoon Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, snow covers the frozen waters of the Lake Lawson Lake Smith Natural Area in Virginia Beach, Va. A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. (L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
- L. Todd Spencer
Huge swath of US hit by winter storm, bringing snow, cold
- By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press
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