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A winter storm blanketed North Carolina's largest cities with snow Wednesday, canceling school, causing scores of crashes and leaving thousands in the dark.
Officials have blamed the storm for seven deaths, but three people also died in cold weather after snow and ice blanketed the South. The National Weather Service issued winter weather advisories through Friday for parts of northern California, southern OR, northern and central Nevada, central Idaho and western Montana.
Problems are worst in areas that had the most snow and ice, about 3 inches. There were reports of 1.2 inches of snow in northern Bladen County.
The governor's office says state offices will resume operations at noon Thursday, and some school systems in north and central Alabama are returning to class with delayed openings.
NCDOT crews in eastern Carolina are pre-treating roads ahead of winter weather, weather that prompted Gov. Roy Cooper to issue a state of emergency Wednesday afternoon. The storm is expected to blow offshore after dumping on North Carolina.
Temperatures early Thursday in North Carolina ranged from 3 degrees (-16 Celsius) in western North Carolina to 28 degrees (-2 Celsius) along the Outer Banks. State roads had been treated with more than 2 million gallons of anti-icing salt brine.
"Bitter temperatures overnight means solid ice in the morning and we have seen and unfortunately will continue to see an alarming increase in crashes", said Cooper, who did not identify the victims.
Authorities across the South urged drivers to stay off treacherous roads.
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"NC stay off the roads today/tonight". A spokesman said Earnhardt was not hurt and his pickup had only minor damage.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was already dealing with weather-related delays Wednesday when passengers experienced the lengthy delays to get through the main checkpoint in the domestic terminal.
Duke Energy reported about 28,000 outages, with Durham County accounting for more than a third of them.
"My tire pressure was low due to the temperatures starting to drop", she said early Wednesday.
DOT Spokesman Steve Abbott said roads are slippery and unsafe, and he urged motorists to stay off the road.
"If you're on an Interstate or a two-lane road, give it as wide a berth as you can if you're going to pass a plow, 'cause it's going to be spraying snow off to the side", he said.
As Winter Storm Inga moves northeasterly, it is already dropping snow in Pennsylvania - with Ashland seeing over 8 inches - as well as similar accumulations in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Jersey. "Just hoping to get back home afterward".
Boren, a recruiter for a company that provides cable television installation, was taking the conditions in stride. Police said the officer guided the women through waist-deep water to safety.
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