Traffic moves across the Alfred A. Cunningham Bridge in New Bern, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, after a winter weather system swept across the region overnight. (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP)
By: Gray Whitley
Rickey Ranger, with the Craven County Maintenance Department, works to clear snow at Craven County administrative buildings on Broad Street in New Bern, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, after a winter front brought frigid weather across the region overnight. (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP)
By: Gray Whitley
City of New Bern Public Works staff clear streets of ice and snow in downtown New Bern, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, after a brief winter front brought frigid weather across the region overnight. (Gray Whitley /Sun Journal via AP)
By: Gray Whitley
A tent sits in the snow on a bridge frequented by the homeless as the downtown skyline stands in the background in Atlanta, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. The deep freeze that shut down much of the South began to relent Thursday as crews worked to clear roads blanketed by a slow-moving storm that left ice and snow in places that usually enjoy mild winters. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
By: David Goldman
Mid-city resident Dianne Mason, right, brings a shopping cart full of water, pushed by her great-grandson Treyvon Tillery, left, to her truck at Costco in New Orleans, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. The winter blast that brought unusually cold weather to south Louisiana is causing serious problems for some water systems, with officials in St. John the Baptist Parish calling on residents Thursday to immediately stop using tap water. (Max Becherer /The Advocate via AP)
By: Max Becherer
Mid-city resident Dianne Mason, right, brings a shopping cart full of water, pushed by her great grandson Treyvon Tillery, left, to her truck at Costco in New Orleans, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. The winter blast that brought unusually cold weather to south Louisiana is causing serious problems for some water systems, with officials in St. John the Baptist Parish calling on residents Thursday to immediately stop using tap water. (Max Becherer /The Advocate via AP)
By: Max Becherer
Frost covers plants in Palm Harbor, Fla., where the temperature fell to 25 degrees Fahrenheit at daybreak on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
By: Douglas R. Clifford
Ice drips on some moss in a Clearwater, Fla., garden Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in below freezing temperatures after sprinklers ran overnight. (Jim Damaske/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
By: Jim Damaske
Larry Gilliam sits with cats who keeps him company along a bridge frequented by the homeless where he sleeps in Atlanta, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. "I can't say it won't happen to me but I hope for the best and prepare for the worst," said Gilliam about reports that homeless people had died from hypothermia in the recent cold temperatures. The deep freeze that killed more than a dozen people and shut down much of the South began to relent Thursday as crews worked to clear roads blanketed by a slow-moving storm that left ice and snow in places that usually enjoy mild winters. (AP Photo/David Goldman)