A rare
winter storm brought freezing rain, snow and bitter cold to the Deep South on
Tuesday, leaving hundreds of children stranded at schools in Alabama and
Georgia and rescue crews scrambling to reach stranded motorists along
ice-covered highways.
The mad rush
began at the first sight of snow: Across the Atlanta area, schools let out
early and commuters left for home after lunch, instantly creating gridlock as
highways surrounding the city that rarely see snow were converted into
treacherous paths of ice.
The south has
gotten a lot of winter this year, lots of snow, ice and cancelled flights.
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