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Traffic is at a standstill on Interstate 65 northbound as officials work to clear abandoned vehicles Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 in Hoover, Ala. Overnight, the South saw fatal crashes and hundreds of fender-benders. Jackknifed 18-wheelers littered Interstate 65 in central Alabama. Ice shut down bridges on Florida's panhandle and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, one of the world's longest spans, in Louisiana. Some commuters pleaded for help via cellphones while still holed up in their cars, while others trudged miles home, abandoning their vehicles outright. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)
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In this aerial view, vehicles sit on and near the road, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Hoover Ala., after a winter snowstorm swept the area Tuesday. Overnight, the South saw fatal crashes and hundreds of fender-benders. Jackknifed 18-wheelers littered Interstate 65 in central Alabama. Some commuters pleaded for help via cellphones while still holed up in their cars, while others trudged miles home, abandoning their vehicles outright. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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In this aerial view Hoover Ala., vehicles sit on and near the road Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, after a winter snow storm swept the area Tuesday. Overnight, the South saw fatal crashes and hundreds of fender-benders. Jackknifed 18-wheelers littered Interstate 65 in central Alabama. Some commuters pleaded for help via cellphones while still holed up in their cars, while others trudged miles home, abandoning their vehicles outright. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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Icicles hang off a camellia bush in historic Forsyth Park after freezing rain hit the area, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. A winter storm brought snow, ice and brutal cold to the Deep South, a part of the country more accustomed to hurricanes. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Officer Delaney talks with a crash victim who was involved in a five-car pileup on Johnson Ferry Road early morning Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Sandy Springs, Ga. Around Atlanta, nearly all public entities and most businesses were shut down early Wednesday, and officials encouraged would-be motorists not to drive. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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A Photo released Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities is of a lone highway sign standing above the closed Richardson Highway, near Valdez, Alaska, on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Two major avalanches and some smaller ones dumped snow Friday along 27 miles of the Richardson Highway, closing the only road access to Valdez, Alaska, the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline. (AP Photo/Alaska DOT&PF)
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APhoto released Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and made on Jan. 25, 2014, is of snow and ice covering the closed Richardson Highway, near Valdez, Alaska. One of a number of avalanches covered the roadway in the Keystone Canyon, closing the only road access to Valdez, the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline. Alaska authorities said snow 40 feet deep and 1,000 to 1,500 feet long covered the highway. (AP Photo/Alaska DOT&PF)
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A aerial photo released Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and made on Jan. 25, 2014,shows the path of an avalanche above the closed Richardson Highway, at Mile 39 near Valdez, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation announced crews had begun removing snow from the major slide, one of many that have blocked the highway, the only road access to Val;dez, the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline.(AP Photo/Alaska DOT&PF)
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A photo released Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and made on Jan. 25, 2014, shows road crews beginning the job of clearing the closed Richardson Highway, near Valdez, Alaska. At least a dozen avalanches dumped snow on sections of the roadway Friday along 27 miles of the highway, the only road access to the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline.(AP Photo/Alaska DOT&PF)
