Snow and ice across the U.S. South are expected to relinquish their grip only slowly as the weekend continues.

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,

Major airports including Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., continued to report disruptions Saturday as a winter storm continues across the South.

A winter storm that dropped heavy snow and glazed roads throughout the U.S. South is maintaining its icy grip on much of the region into the weekend

A winter storm that dropped heavy snow and glazed roads throughout the U.S. South was maintaining its icy grip on much of the region into the weekend.

The significant winter storm had passed in the South by Saturday morning, but travel issues and power outages were still ongoing.