Snow, ice, sleet fall across NC Jan. 22-23, 2016
A mixture of winter precipitation closed schools and roads in the first snowstorm of the 2015-16 winter.
2016-01-24
Posted
1/24/2016, 3:05:20 AM
The Jan. 22, 2016, mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain caused many problems across the state.
Photos from viewers of the ice that coated the Triangle on Friday and Saturday.
The Hedingham community is blanketed in white and families take advantage of snow to turn the golf course into a sledding run.
Photojournalist Jamie Munden captures a snowy scene in Roxboro on Jan. 22, 2016.
Viewer photos of snow, sleet and freezing rain across the Triangle on Jan. 22, 2016.
After more than 100,00 people in North Carolina lost power due to winter weather on Friday and Saturday, Duke Energy officials announced that outage number were cut to 66,000 by late Saturday night.
Snow, ice, sleet and freezing rain fell Friday across central North Carolina, keeping most schools and businesses closed but creating slick conditions.
Wintry precipitation caused treacherous conditions on roads across the state Friday, and five deaths were attributed to slick conditions, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.