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The bomb cyclone also led to snowfall in Charlotte, N.C. Some parts of the region saw a foot or more of snow over the weekend, more than what Charlotte typically accumulates in an entire season.
As of Sunday afternoon, Charlotte Douglas International airport reported over 900 flights canceled and dozens delayed, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
“Please heed our warnings. Shelter in place! Get off the roads!” read a social media post from Kannapolis Fire and Police, in the Charlotte area. The post described dozens of vehicles stuck on the interstate, impassable streets, and at least one section of the interstate closed. “Too many people think they can drive in this weather,” it advised, “and they cannot.”
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Sunday implored people to stay inside. “This is the kind of snowstorm that we don’t get very often in North Carolina,” he said during a news briefing. As of January 22, 2024, officials reported at least two weather-related deaths in the state. The governor declared a state of emergency last week.
“Our key message today is to stay off the roads,” he said, “that way you’ll allow the road crews and law enforcement to focus on their essential tasks to keep us all safe.”
The storm moved into the region after much of the northern and central East Coast experienced snow, ice and coastal flooding over the past week. The weather caused dozens of deaths and hundreds of thousands of power outages.
Tens of thousands of people were without electricity for a week in Mississippi and Tennessee.
as of January 22,
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