Outages, which had ballooned to a quarter-million customers earlier in the day, stood at around 130,000 customers by late Sunday, according to. “It took 30 to 45 minutes to get everything on for about 10 minutes in the snow, but it was definitely worth it for him, to get our pictures and make some memories,” said Morrow, a 35-year-old registered nurse. Kristen Baker Morrow’s 6-year-old son made snow angels after their home in Crouse, North Carolina, got four inches of snow Sunday morning, but she said they couldn’t stay outside long because of the uncomfortable wind chill. Police spokesperson Kammie Michael said the driver was stable with injuries that did not appear life-threatening. The truck's cab appeared to have landed upright on Highway 15-501 below, while the trailer came down in a vertical position from the bridge to the highway below. Knox said investigators believe the car was driving too fast for the conditions, described as mixed winter precipitation.ĭurham police tweeted a photo of a tractor-trailer that slid off the N.C. The driver and passenger, both 41-year-old South Carolina residents, were pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle crash.
Two people died Sunday when their car drove off the road and into trees in a median east of Raleigh. Christopher Knox, a North Carolina Highway Patrol spokesperson, said that by midafternoon, the agency had responded to 300 car crashes and nearly 800 calls for service.
Winter Storm Izzy dumped as much as 10 inches of snow in some areas of western North Carolina as the system moved across the southeastern U.S., said Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.įirst Sgt.
More than 1,200 Sunday flights at Charlotte Douglas International were cancelled – more than 90% of the airport’s Sunday schedule, according to the flight tracking service. Highway patrols reported hundreds of vehicle accidents, and a tornado ripped through a trailer park in Florida. Tens of thousands of customers were without power in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Southeast on Sunday, knocking out power, felling trees and fences and coating roads with a treacherous, frigid glaze. ATLANTA (AP) - A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice swept through parts of the U.S.
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