Rare Winter Storm Cripples US South

Icy chaos gripped the U.S. South Wednesday as an unusual snow and ice storm forced thousands of children to shelter in schools overnight and left thousands of motorists stranded. The storm, which has killed at least seven people, on Tuesday swept over a region of about 60 million largely unaccustomed to ice and snow - stretching from Texas through Georgia and into the Carolinas. In Atlanta, motorists remained trapped in their cars on icy Interstates Wednesday, some of them having spent as...

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