Photos: Winter storm blankets South in snow, ice

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Photos: Winter storm blankets South in snow, ice

A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday — causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people.

Shawn Hart and Greg Fontain take in the beauty of the first snowfall of the season in Durham, N.C. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 as heavy snow blankets the area. (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP)

Sam Murdock, 8, and his sister Molly, 10, speed down their front yard hill after a little push from their dad, Patrick, top, while enjoying the excitement of the first snowfall this winter in Roanoke, Va. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Joslyn Fontanella, 8, takes a break from shoveling a walkway to taste some snow in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday, causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Josie, an English Retriever barrels through the snow as her owner, Mark Lundblad keeps watch from behind, Sunday, December 9, 2018 in Morganton, N.C. Over a foot of snow fell in the area. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Snow-covered roads made traffic move slowly on I-85 in Lexington, NC on Sunday, December 9, 2018. (H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record via AP)/News & Record via AP)

Katrina Pickle enjoys sledding after the first snow of the season in Blount County at Foothiils Mall in Maryville, Tenn., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. (Tom Sherlin/The Daily Times via AP)

Luke Dunnewold and son Judah enjoy a sled ride down the hill at Foothills Mall in Maryville, Tennessee Sunday, December 9, 2018 after the first snow of the season. (Tom Sherlin/The Daily Times via AP)

A Duke Energy lineman uses a bucket truck to approach a transformer on Hope Valley Road in Durham, N.C. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 as heavy snow blankets the area. Power is out in many areas and local roads are almost impassible as the late fall snowstorm hit North Carolina. (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP)

A Virginia Department of Transportation worker brings another VDOT worker a shovel to aide in getting out of a snowy curve on Yellow Mountain Road off of US220-S in Roanoke, Va., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Greg Jans, left, and Stacey Hash get in some cross county skiing in their southwest city neighborhood in Roanoke, Va., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Snow continues to fall in southwest Virginia. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)

Snow covers Main Street near Meadow in Richmond Va. , Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. (Mark Gormus/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Good samaritans help a driver who is lodged in the snow Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, along South Hawthorne Road in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

Daniel Havens, 18, struggles to pull a sled full of groceries tied to his waist as he turns onto the unplowed Ebert Road from South Hawthorne Road with his mother Susan Havens and sister Maddie Havens on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

Daniel Havens, 18, pulls a sled full of groceries tied to his waist as he walks along South Hawthorne Road with his mother Susan Havens on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

A truck plows through snow in the Food Lion parking lot Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, on South Hawthorne Road in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

John Woodrum, shovels his car on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, in Roanoke, Va. A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday â causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people. (Stephanie Klein-Davis /The Roanoke Times via AP)

A manager of a check cashing store on Gate City Boulevard shovels snow from the parking lot in Greensboro, NC on Sunday, December 9, 2018. (H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record via AP)

Workers plow and shovel the Martin Luther King Bridge at 1st Street and Salem Avenue in Roanoke, Va., Sunday, December 9, 2018. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP)

A tractor trailer is stuck on an off ramp from Business I-40 on to Stratford Road, US 158, as snow falls Sunday morning, Dec. 9, 2018 in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

Larry "Rabbit" Williams, left, and J.T. Burnette walk along Elm Avenue to the corner store in Roanoke, Va. on Sunday morning, Dec. 9, 2018, avoiding the snow covered sidewalks and taking advantage of the empty street. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Snow covered berries are seen in Roanoke, Va., on Sunday morning, Dec. 9, 2018. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Adam Thompson of Roanoke, Va., tries to keep up with shoveling snow on his front porch Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Snow continues to fall on Lake James, creating a layer of frosting on empty docks and the surrounding pine trees around the lake, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, in Morganton, N.C. A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday â causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Jeff Tharington removes snow from the parking lot of the Harris Teeter grocery store in Winston-Salem, N.C., as snow falls Sunday morning, Dec. 9, 2018. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

Father and daughter walk along Highland Park enjoying the fist snow of the season Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 in Roanoke, Va. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Shoppers walk in a grocery store parking lot in Mechanicsville, Va., on Sunday, December 9, 2018. A wide-reaching winter storm has dumped several inches of snow through North Carolina and Virginia. (Dean Hoffmeyer/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

A disabled vehicle is stranded in the median on I-85 south of Lexington, NC on Sunday, December 9, 2018.A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday. (H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record via AP)

Joanna Montano walks her dogs; Jasmine Squishy Face and Spook, in the snow early Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 outside her downtown Roanoke apartment building. Grateful to be off work she was not excited about the fact her dogs had to be taken outside. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Keith Palmer with KAK Construction plows the terrace and walkway along the 111 Franklin Plaza building in Roanoke, Va.m early Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. The crew said they had to arrive as soon as the snow started falling. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Daniel Travis walks down State Street as snow falls over Lexington, NC on Sunday, December 9, 2018. "I love snow so I got up early at 5:45 so I could be out in it," Travis said. (H. Scott Hoffman/News & Record via AP)

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Shawn Hart and Greg Fontain take in the beauty of the first snowfall of the season in Durham, N.C. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 as heavy snow blankets the area. (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP)

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