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AAA said extreme heat leads to more calls from stranded drivers. Mark Jenkins, a spokesperson for AAA, said the two most common calls this time of year are for flat tires and dead batteries.
To here. six miles from where it's shut down. right now, the virginia department of transportation says nobody is left stranded on i-95, although it is still working to clear about 20 abandoned cars from this mess. the back up on one of the busiest stretches of highway on the east coast stretched more than 40 miles. for hours. stranded drivers moved only inch by inch after 14 inches of snow fell near fredericksburg, virginia. isaac arcos shot this. >> since i was at a stop, i had to conserve my gas. so i turn off my car every maybe hour and turn it back on maybe every 15 minutes. i try to rest...
>> you put up with me. >> i did text you that. more than 50 million people facing winter weather alerts as a powerful and dangerous winter storm batters the east coast this morning. thousands without power. freezing rain, ice, snow stretching as far south as florida. governor kemp is pleading with georgians to stay off the road. high wind and sleet making driving treacherous. more of the same in north carolina where conditions have turned deadly. a tractor trailer slid off a highway, killing two people, multiple tornados touched down in southwest florida. in lee county, 28 homes were destroyed...
Of our chemicals and salt off the road. >> reporter: and it wasn't just cars. an amtrak train from new orleans to new york, stranded in lynchburg. resuming its journey late today. >> all right, let's get to ken moton, live in virginia tonight. and kennette, i know officials were pressed late today and they said they were just overwhelmed by the speed of this snow, the ice and the storm and how quickly it came flu? >> reporter: that's right, david. and officials say the ice underneath was four inches thick. at one point, they had troopers out checking on stranded drivers. officials say that whe...
Freezing rain, ice and snow stretching as far as florida. governor kemp staying for people to stay off the roads. high winds and sleet across northern georgia. more of the same in north carolina, where conditions turned deadly. a tractor trailer slid off the highway killing two people. multiple tornados touched down in southwest florida. in south carolina, the national guard had to be called in to assist stranded drivers, black ice and snow. and the state remained in threat this morning. coming up next, nearly 3 million people are under high wind warnings, including new york and boston. phil...