The only way to get to Ocracoke is by ferry or airplane. When the snowstorm hit, ferry routes were suspended to the island.

Authorities in Florida braved cold waters to rescue more than two dozen sea turtles that were caught in freezing temperatures and snow.

Local Jeep clubs stepped up to assist emergency workers by rescuing stranded drivers during severe winter weather.

That’s because his mother gave birth in the parking lot of Krispy Kreme in Dothan, which a history-making snowstorm forced to close a few hours earlier. “I felt like superwoman,” mom Sha’nya Bennett ...