After a freezing winter storm shut schools, cut power and cancelled or delayed flights, the South was slowly thawing Sunday as warmer weather melted snow and ice. Crews worked furiously and by Sunday morning power had been restored to parts of North Carolina and South Carolina where tens of thousands of customers lost electricity over the last few days,

Almost 100,000 customers are without power as a winter storm moves through metro Atlanta and north Georgia. Statewide, 118,738 people are without power. In the perimeter, at least 50,000 customers are without power,