Ice storm leaves 500,000 without power
Over half a million in dark after stormFriday, December 16, 2005; Posted: 7:38 p.m. EST (00:38 GMT)
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) -- Widespread damage from a deadly ice storm left more than half a million customers still in the dark Friday night, and utility officials said the electricity might not be fully restored in parts of the Carolinas until Tuesday.
The storm blew through Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia on Thursday and was blamed for hundreds of traffic accidents and at least four deaths. Ice built up on tree limbs, causing them to snap and pull down power lines.
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