Skip to main content
Friday, November 13, 2026Nov 13
Subscribe
All Sections
Search
More

Winter storm slams the South; bitter cold freezes Northeast

A motorist passes a fence atop Signal Mountain where icicles are forming as rain and freezing temperatures make their way into the Tennessee Valley on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.
A motorist passes a fence atop Signal Mountain where icicles are forming as rain and freezing temperatures make their way into the Tennessee Valley on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. A motorist passes a fence atop Signal Mountain where icicles are forming as rain and freezing temperatures make their way into the Tennessee Valley on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.

By Associated Press 5 min read

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Snow swirled sideways in Kentucky and the typically bustling state capital of Frankfort came to a frozen halt Monday as a storm walloped parts of the South, which unlike the Northeast, had been mostly spared this winter.

That all changed with a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain across the region, making roads treacherous and knocking out power to thousands of people. Luckily, the storm arrived on a holiday, Presidents Day, when many schools and businesses were already closed and the morning commute was not as busy.

Officials also made certain roads were prepared this year after Southern cities — most notably Atlanta — were caught off guard a year ago when a winter storm stranded thousands of people on interstates overnight. Raleigh suffered a similar fate last year.

Still, some weren’t quite ready for the winter blast.