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Camella Alexander uses a broom to push snow off of her car Wednesday morning in Northwest Roanoke, Jan. 17, 2018. Alexander said she was expecting to bring her children to school but later on found out that they closed due to the weather. She decided to attempt a drive to the grocery store. (Erica Yoon/The Roanoke Times via AP)
- Erica Yoon
A bicyclist rides through the snow on the campus of Christopher Newport University, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Newport News, Va. Snow, ice and a record-breaking blast of cold closed runways, highways, schools and government offices across the South. (Jonathon Gruenke/The Daily Press via AP)
- Jonathon Gruenke
Motorists along Interstate 49 are prompted to heed the overhead warning sign of the danger of icy roads in Hattiesburg, Miss., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, as communities in the southern part of the state began to thaw out following a hard freeze that affected much of the state, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Several inches of snow fell along the Mississippi Delta, the northern part of the state and down along the Louisiana-Mississippi border. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
- Rogelio V. Solis
Interstate 64 as seen from the Denbigh Boulevard overpass is mostly clear of snow Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, as the evening rush-hour gets underway. Snow, ice and a record-breaking blast of cold closed runways, highways, schools and government offices across the South. (Rob Ostermaier/The Daily Press via AP)
- Rob Ostermaier
Ciriana Welch Ruiz, 11, attempts to escape as Jose Welch Gomez, 9, throws a snowball Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Triad's first snow fall of the year resulted in approximately 5 to 6 inches. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
- Allison Lee Isley
Allie Eidson, left, and Connor Howe, right, walk in the street of their snowbound neighborhood in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The couple said they enjoyed the snow day at home by cooking and tossing snowballs in between their work. Howe, who does application engineering for a home smart metering company, spent the day working at home while Eidson, a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studied. (AP Photo/Emery P. Dalesio)
- Emery P. Dalesio
A group of adults and children enjoy an afternoon of sledding and snowboarding on a hill on the campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. A winter storm blanketed Winston-Salem and other cities in North Carolina with snow. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman)
- Skip Foreman
A figure leans into the snow hauling a pallet across the snowy expanse of Hearn Plaza on the Wake Forest University campus in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The university was closed for the first heavy snowfall of the season. (David Rolfe/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
- David Rolfe
An SUV traveling Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 on Lombardy Street in Richmond, Va., hit a patch of ice, slid through a railing and fell off an overpass onto some train tracks below, a Richmond police officer said on the scene. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
- Daniel Sangjib Min
Dazaria Russell, 9, opens her mouth to catch the falling snowflakes as she makes a snow angel Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Triad's first snow fall of the year resulted in approximately 5 to 6 inches. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
- Allison Lee Isley
Security lines wrap through the atrium and around the baggage areas at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 in the wake of a snowstorm. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport said in a statement that crews were de-icing airplanes as wintry weather moved into metro Atlanta. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
- Bob Andres