Photos: Across the South, it's snow, ice and record-breaking cold
The South is tackling a two-part Arctic mess. First came a thin blanket of snow and ice. Then came the below-zero chills.
Winter Storm Texas
Snow in downtown Tyler, Texas on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Snow from a winter storm is expected to stay through the day, as temperatures should stay below freezing. Hundreds of flights have been canceled in Texas, where frigid temperatures have left runways — and roads — dangerously icy. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)
Winter Weather Georgia
Eva Harden walks in the cold at the Northside MARTA transit station early Tuesday, Jan 16, 2018, in Atlanta. A winter weather advisory is in effect for today with snow in the forecast later in the evening. (John Spink/The Atlanta Journal & Constitution via AP)
Winter Weather Kentucky
Vessels sit near the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers near downtown Paducah, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
Winter Weather
Icicles hang off the front of a vehicle as the temperature continues to fall below freezing Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Houston. Hundreds of flights have been canceled in Texas, where frigid temperatures have left runways and roads dangerously icy. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Houston area on Tuesday. Sleet and freezing rain are forecast for parts of the state. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Winter Weather Oklahoma
Delores Taylor, a student at Tulsa Community College, walks to the TCC Metro Campus in the early morning cold weather Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
Winter Weather Texas
Evelyn Barrios, 9, and Nataly Barrios, 5, ride together in a laundry basket as a makeshift sled down a hill at Woldert Park in Tyler, Texas on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)
Winter Weather Kentucky
Emergency personnel remove patients for transport to area hospitals at the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck on Interstate 65 near Bonnieville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. The wreck shut down the southbound lanes for several hours. Several people were transported from the scene to at least two different hospitals. (Neal Cardin/The News-Enterprise via AP)
Winter Weather Alabama
Cows in the snow and temperature in the teens. A dusting of snow fell in Huntsville, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Winter weather turned travel treacherous across the South, shutting down interstates in Louisiana, causing highway crashes in Kentucky and closing airport runways in Texas as snow turned the red clay white and prompted schools to close across the region. (Bob Gathany /AL.com via AP)
APTOPIX Winter Weather Texas
Jeremy Roberts sits on a cot at a warming shelter opened by the Harris County Precinct One Constables Office and the American Red Cross at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church as freezing weather moves through the region Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Houston. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Winter Weather Texas
Saovador Orozco pulls a blanket around him at a warming shelter opened by the Harris County Precinct One Constables Office and the American Red Cross at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church as freezing weather moves through the region Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Houston. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Winter Weather Tennessee
Five-year-old Charlie Royal, center, chases his brother Holden Royal, 7, while playing at Riverview Park on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga experienced a light dusting of snow by late afternoon. The fear of inclement weather closed several area schools. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
Winter Weather Texas
After a pair of Metro buses became disabled, commuters fought the elements to board another bus at McKinney St., and Louisiana St., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Houston. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Winter Weather Texas
After a pair of Metro buses became disabled, commuters fight the elements to board another bus at McKinney St., and Louisiana St., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Houston. ( Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Winter Weather Tennessee
A man sleds down a road at Radnor Lake State Park, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. A winter storm brought snow and cold temperatures to the area, causing the closing of schools and businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Winter Weather Tennessee
Brooke Meadows, left, and Alex Ondrus go for a walk in Radnor Lake State Park, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. A winter storm brought snow and cold temperatures to the area, causing the closing of schools and businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Winter Weather Mississippi
Austin Lynd takes a cold ride down one of the slides at Bonita Lakes playground in Meridian, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Snow became increasingly heavier as the day wore on. (Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star via AP)
Winter Weather Mississippi
Snow begins to cover a swing at Bonita Lakes playground in Meridian, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. As the day wore on snow became heavier and more frequent. (Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star via AP)
Winter Weather Tennessee
Hayden Compton warms his hands over a fire, built in a fire pit, at the Northshore Village apartments on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga experienced a light dusting of snow by late afternoon. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
Winter Weather Tennesse
Air Force ROTC member Gretchen Evans, of Charleston, West Virginia, walks through the snow during an afternoon snowfall in Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (Calvin Mattheis/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
Winter Weather Tennesse
Herschel Kaplan, of Knoxville, takes a walk through the snow along Terrace Avenue during an afternoon snowfall in Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (Calvin Mattheis/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
Winter Weather Deep South
A woman walks through Fort Sanders during an afternoon snowfall in Knoxville, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (Calvin Mattheis/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
Winter Weather Deep South
UT senior Marlow Payat, of Memphis, bikes along Laurel Ave during an afternoon snowfall in Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (Calvin Mattheis/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
Winter Weather Tennesse
Frankie plays in the snow as her owner Claire Cheek, of Nashville, watches during an afternoon snowfall in Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (Calvin Mattheis/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
Winter Weather
Southern Miss junior Maya Caradine makes a snowball to throw at her friends as severe winter weather comes to Hattiesburg, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. A wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain blanketed a large swath of the South, trailed by a blast of frigid air that could approach record low temperatures Wednesday.(Susan Broadbridge/Hattiesburg American via AP)
APTOPIX Winter Weather Atlanta
A couple walks their dog through a snow covered Piedmont Park as the sun rises in Atlanta, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The South awoke on Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess. First came a thin blanket of snow and ice, and then came the below-zero wind chills and record-breaking low temperatures in New Orleans and other cities. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Winter Weather
A snow covered downtown is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Atlanta. The South awoke on Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess. First came a thin blanket of snow and ice, and then came the below-zero wind chills and record-breaking low temperatures in New Orleans and other cities. (AP Photo/Janelle Cogan)
Winter Weather
A couple walks through a snow covered Piedmont Park as the sun rises in Atlanta, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The South awoke on Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess. First came a thin blanket of snow and ice, and then came the below-zero wind chills and record-breaking low temperatures in New Orleans and other cities. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Winter Weather Virginia
Julius Rigole retrieves belongings from his overturned Jeep after an accident on a snow covered road in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. A winter storm is making it's way through Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Winter Weather Mississippi
An overturned truck sits in McComb, Miss., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2017, following snowfall the night before. (Matt Williamson/The Enterprise-Journal via AP)
Winter Weather Atlanta
Katye Watts gives her daughter Finley a lift down the street on her way to a coffee shop on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Atlanta. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Winter Weather Louisiana
John Crawford uses a spatula as an ice scrapper to clean his windshield of snow and ice at his Covington, La. home Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Winter weather turned travel treacherous across the South, shutting down interstates in Louisiana, causing highway crashes in Kentucky and closing airport runways in Texas. (David Grunfeld/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
Winter Weather Louisiana
The Louisiana State Police divert all traffic off of the I-12 at La. Hwy. 1077 in St. Tammany Parish near Madisonville, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Winter weather turned travel treacherous across the South, shutting down interstates in Louisiana, causing highway crashes in Kentucky and closing airport runways in Texas. (David Grunfeld/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
Winter Weather Louisiana
Motorists drive on an ice covered I-12, looking east, near Madisonville, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Westbound traffic was diverted off of the interstate. (David Grunfeld/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
Winter Weather Louisiana
The I-12 at La. Hwy. 1077 in western St. Tammany Parish is closed because the roadway is covered with ice in Madisonville, La., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Winter weather turned travel treacherous across the South, shutting down interstates in Louisiana, causing highway crashes in Kentucky and closing airport runways in Texas. (David Grunfeld/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
Winter Weather Louisiana
In a Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 photo, street car riders head home just before the city suspended service Tuesday night in New Orleans. Winter weather turned travel treacherous across the South, shutting down interstates in Louisiana, causing highway crashes in Kentucky and closing airport runways in Texas (David Grunfeld/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
Winter Weather Alabama
Anthony Martinez rides down a hill in the snow at Blount Cultural Park in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The South awoke Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess that caused problems as far south as the Gulf Coast. (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
Winter Weather North Carolina
A blue bird sits as the snow comes down in southern Guilford County during the winter storm, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Greensboro, N.C. (Joseph Rodriguez /News & Record via AP)
Winter Weather North Carolina
A squirrel peeks out from a tree in southern Guilford County during a winter storm, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Greensboro, N.C. (Joseph Rodriguez /News & Record via AP)
Winter Weather North Carolina
Byron Bailiff walks the 3.5 miles along Old Randleman Road to visit his mother during a winter storm, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Greensboro, N.C. The South awoke Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess that caused problems as far south as the Gulf Coast. (Joseph Rodriguez /News & Record via AP)
Winter Weather North Carolina
Ice encrusts his face as Byron Bailiff walks the 3.5 miles along Old Randleman Road to visit his mother during the winter storm, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Greensboro, N.C. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings or winter weather advisories for almost all of North Carolina for Wednesday. (Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record via AP)
Winter Weather North Carolina
A cardinal sits on a branch in southern Guilford County during a winter storm, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Greensboro, N.C. (Joseph Rodriguez /News & Record via AP)
Winter Weather Virginia
Eduardo Cervantes, left, and Jonny Manzano, with A2Z Landscape LLC, remove the powdery snow from sidewalks on South Main Street Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, after a light snow during the night in Harrisonburg, Va. (Nikki Fox/Daily News-Record via AP)
Winter Weather Virginia
Julius Rigole retrieves belongings from his overturned Jeep after an accident on a snow covered road in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. A winter storm is making it's way through Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Winter Weather Mississippi
In a Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 photo, Southern Miss freshman Reed Wolfram throws a snowball at her friend as severe winter weather comes to Hattiesburg, Miss. (Susan Broadbridge/Hattiesburg American via AP)
Winter Weather Tennessee
Nessa Steele and brother Eli sled down the hill at Alcoa Middle School on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Alcoa, Tenn., after snow fell Tuesday night in Blount County. (Tom Sherlin/The Daily Times via AP)
Winter Weather Georgia
Greer Glover, 3, does some sledding at Ansley Golf Club in Atlanta with her mother, Melissa. With temperatures in the teens, overnight snowfall is expected to remain into Thursday. Gov. Deal declared a state of emergency in 83 Georgia counties for Wednesday, Jan. 17. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Winter Weather Georgia
Greer Glover, 3, makes a snow angel Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Ansley Golf in Atlanta. She was there with her mother, Melissa. With temperatures in the teens, overnight snowfall is expected to remain into Thursday. Gov. Deal declared a state of emergency in 83 Georgia counties for Wednesday, Jan. 17. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Winter Weather North Carolina
A snowplow operator travels along U.S. Highway 70 near Mebane, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings or winter weather advisories for almost all of North Carolina for Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Winter Weather North Carolina
Motorists navigate a snow-covered Interstate 40-85 near Mebane, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings or winter weather advisories for almost all of North Carolina for Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Winter Weather North Carolina
Aaron Pearce builds a snowman on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Charlotte, N.C. A winter storm threatened to dump more than a half-foot of snow Wednesday on parts of North Carolina, canceling school and creating “nasty” road conditions. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
Winter Weather Georgia
Students play in the snow on the University of Georgia's north campus in Athens, Ga., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
Winter Weather Georgia
A man rides a unicycle through downtown Athens, Ga., as snow continues to fall in the early morning hours Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)