Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

Stephanie Klein-Davis

Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

The calming colors of the evening sky are reflected in the frozen waters of the Roanoke River along West Riverside Drive in Salem, Va., on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Matt Rourke

Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

A couple takes photographs on a frozen pond at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

A winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with rare snow and ice Wednesday. Savannah, Georgia had their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. Forecasters warned that the same system could soon strengthen as it rolls up the East Coast. (Jan. 3)

Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

The winter storm moving up the east coast reached the Mid-Atlantic states, dropping snow in coastal areas of Maryland and Delaware. It made roads dangerous in North Carolina and could drop over 8 inches of snow on the Boston area on Thursday. (Jan. 4)

Robert Ray

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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)

L. Todd Spencer

Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

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)

Robert Ray

Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

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)

Andrew Rush

Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

Fog rises from the ice covering the Ohio River under the Monaca-East Rochester bridge on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Monaca. (Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

L. Todd Spencer

Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

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)

Mic Smith

Huge swath of US hit by winter storm bringing, snow, cold

Alex Shipes jumps along the beach with other friends while heavy snow comes down at the Isle of Palms, S.C., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)