Officials warned residents across the South that the effects of a major winter storm were not over, and that driving remained a hazard on roads frozen with slippery ice.

A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow records and treating the region to unaccustomed perils and wintertime joy.

A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before.

Residents used to preparing for floods and hurricanes are instead facing freezing temperatures and record snowfall Across the US South, extreme weather usually means boarding up windows against hurricane winds and lining streets with sandbags to hold back floods.