Massive Winter Storm Hits the US
![Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Officers work to assist motorists as they attempt to drive up a hill that is covered in snow in Charlotte, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2393ab5c-bb17-4dda-a23b-c2887b6eb542_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Officers work to assist motorists as they attempt to drive up a hill that is covered in snow in Charlotte, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2014.
![Snow plows clear downtown lanes on Interstate 75/85 during a winter storm in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d9fb5b64-7b3b-44b4-b0a4-f1f20d63d6da_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Snow plows clear downtown lanes on Interstate 75/85 during a winter storm in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 12, 2014.
![Stacks of icy snow are piled up outside a home after it was removed from a driveway in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c7b615ba-0302-45b1-9af0-9193624d98f5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Stacks of icy snow are piled up outside a home after it was removed from a driveway in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 12, 2014.
![Emergency personnel secure a downed power line in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f20209c6-f88f-44fa-a23d-9cbd37cfa5aa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Emergency personnel secure a downed power line in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 12, 2014.
![Fort Payne Improvement Authority workers work on lines that had become heavy with ice and were being blown around by high winds in Dog Town, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2722608a-ccc6-4759-b838-de8f5b6ac8de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fort Payne Improvement Authority workers work on lines that had become heavy with ice and were being blown around by high winds in Dog Town, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2014.
![Tom Bladel works to push a stranded motorist back onto the road in Pineville, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/366a9b7f-baf6-41e2-b7bd-0c94cefccbb8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tom Bladel works to push a stranded motorist back onto the road in Pineville, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2014.
![Almost empty shelves at a grocery store after people prepared for an ice storm in Lilburn outside Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/873678b5-15eb-43bd-8713-426612b7d996_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Almost empty shelves at a grocery store after people prepared for an ice storm in Lilburn outside Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 12, 2014.
![A snow plow knocks snow off the an Atlanta expressway during an ice storm in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/94f8342b-2870-4bd5-8f92-a6b521251825_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A snow plow knocks snow off the an Atlanta expressway during an ice storm in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 12, 2014.
![Icicles hang from a statue of Jeff Cook of the band Alabama in Fort Payne, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0db1f0bc-7e27-4eb5-bbec-d406113b8394_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Icicles hang from a statue of Jeff Cook of the band Alabama in Fort Payne, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2014.