SONIA RUSELER, CNN ANCHOR: Here in the U.S., the deep South saw its share of ice roads this weekend, along with snow, freezing rain and power outages, as a strong winter storm hit northern Georgia and elsewhere in the Southeast. CNN's Eric Horng has the details.</s>ERIC HORNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The cleanup continues in much of the Southeast after snow and freezing rain swept through Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas; an icy surprise for those accustomed to relatively docile winters.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's awful. It's a big mess.</s>HORNG: In Charlotte, a U.S. Airways jet skids off the runway; none of the 142 passengers on board is injured. In Atlanta and surrounding counties, power is knocked out to hundreds of thousands of people. And on interstates and local roads throughout the Southeast, icy hazards abound. Authorities temporarily closed off slick interstate ramps near Atlanta, slowing traffic to a crawl, but the spinouts continue. And one police officer, while aiding a stranded motorist, found himself in need of help as well. Officer Warren Hinsman (ph) suffers a broken leg when two vehicles collide and skid off the road. Hinsman is struck by a minivan, but he's able to gingerly limp from the scene. Elsewhere in Georgia, crews worked feverishly to restore power to hundreds of thousands of electric customers, many without heat. The state's first frozen precipitation of the season snapping tree branches and downing power lines.</s>HORNG: And power crews are still hard at work at this time, trying to restore electricity and heat to the 130,000 electric customers still without it at this time. Officials say, it could be tomorrow, possibly Wednesday, before everyone is back on line. In the meantime, it has started to rain again here in Atlanta, and forecasters say the temperatures could dip below the freezing mark later today. Eric Horng, CNN, reporting live in Atlanta.</s>RUSELER: Thanks, Eric.
Strong Winter Storm Freezes Deep South