DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Thousands of people are still without heat or electricity this morning after an ice storm coated parts of the South. In Georgia, 20 counties are under a state of emergency. For the latest, CNN's Eric Horng joins us live. He is outside in the cold here in Atlanta. Eric, good morning.</s>ERIC HORNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn. And a cold, miserable morning it is for tens of thousands of people here in Atlanta and throughout North Georgia. And to make matters worse, it has started to drizzle ever so gently over the last few minutes here. Now, 150,000 electric customers are still without power this morning; this after an ice storm blew through here over the weekend creating some very difficult driving situations, causing numerous accidents. And to make those driving difficulties even worse, a number of these blocks have had power knocked out over the last few days and some of the traffic signals are not working in some of these intersections, cars having to crawl through some of these intersections. These power problems creating headaches not just in the street, but also in people's homes.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: First couple of hours today, it was fun having this camping experience in my kitchen, but now I'm over the experience and I want to return to what is normalcy for me.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is just stuff, you know; that's why you have insurance. I was more concerned about not getting hurt.</s>HORNG: Governor Roy Barnes has issued a state of emergency for 20 North Georgia counties, making available state funding to aid in the cleanup. That cleanup could take another two days or so, officials saying it could be Tuesday, possibly even Wednesday before everyone here has power. Eric Horng, CNN, reporting live in Atlanta.</s>KAGAN: Eric, thank you.
Thousands Without Heat After Ice Storm Coats Parts of the South