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CHARLOTTE, NC — Nearly 150,000 homes and businesses were still without power in North Carolina Monday morning as a new wave of precipitation fell on a state already reeling from a powerful winter storm that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain over the weekend.
This storm dropped “staggering amount” of snow and rain, with some areas receiving a year’s worth of snow in one day, Gov. Roy Cooper said Monday morning. “Conditions remain treacherous,” Cooper said, warning that colder temperatures Monday evening could “turn roads into ice rinks.”
A “prolonged period of snow” started late Saturday and continued into Monday morning throughout much of the region. As of 2:30 p.m. Sunday, nearly 19 inches of snow had fallen in Saluda, North Carolina, 12 inches in Greensboro, and nearly 7 inches reported in Raleigh, according to the National Weather Service. In the Charlotte-metro region, snow levels varied widely, from 14 inches in Hickory to 4 inches in Salisbury, about 50 miles to the east.
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At least two storm-related deaths have been reported in North Carolina, including a man killed by a falling tree in Matthews and a woman who died in Hospice care in Haywood County, Cooper said.
A state of emergency remains in effect in North Carolina, with 172 National Guard members deployed in 69 vehicles to assist first responders, such as aiding in transporting patients to hospitals, Cooper said.
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Shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, nearly 146,000 homes were still without power throughout the state, according to North Carolina Emergency Management. Most of the outages are Duke Energy customers in the western and piedmont areas of the state, according to PowerOutage.us.
State officials continue to warn residents to stay off the road due to treacherous travel conditions. Monday morning, a truck carrying livestock overturned on westbound Interstate 40 near the Tennessee state line, which led to hogs roaming the road and a shut down of traffic for three miles before Exit 7.
The storm continued to snarl air travel throughout the Tar Heel state Monday following a day when American Airlines reduced its operations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. More than 1,000 flights were canceled Sunday, according to The Associated Press. American issued a travel alert for nine airports so affected travelers can make alternative travel plans without a fee.
Before dawn Monday, crews at Charlotte Douglas International worked to clear the airfield, roadways and parking lots of snow and ice. New snow, however, led to early morning flight cancellations across the board in Charlotte. Most carriers were expected to resume flights out of Charlotte by noon, the airport said.
Sunday, more than 6-inches of snow led to 239 flight cancellations in Raleigh. By 10 a.m. Monday, however, most flights were operating normally at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, with only scattered cancellations and delays, the airport reported.
“Light additional accumulation may cover some roadways that had already been cleared,” the National Weather Service said in a hazardous weather bulletin. “Pockets of freezing temperatures will keep some roads treacherous, as well. Conditions will slowly dry out from the west this afternoon.”
Monday’s high is not expected to get above 40 degrees, but temperatures will slowly increase through the week to reach the mid-50s by Friday.
Patch Editor Daniel Hampton contributed
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