After a freezing winter storm shut schools, cut power and cancelled or delayed flights, the South was slowly thawing Sunday as warmer weather melted snow and ice. Crews worked furiously and by Sunday morning power had been restored to parts of North Carolina and South Carolina where tens of thousands of customers lost electricity over the last few

Brutal cold will open the door for a winter storm to take a somewhat unusual track through the South and create treacherous conditions.

Snow and ice across the U.S. South are expected to relinquish their grip only slowly as the weekend continues.