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Jan 29, 05, 4:15 pm
ATLANTA - Freezing rain and sleet coated parts of the Southeast with a layer of ice Saturday, canceling hundreds of airline flights, knocking out power to thousands of customers and shutting down sections of every interstate highway in the metro Atlanta area.
Three weather-related traffic deaths were reported, two in Georgia and one in South Carolina, police said.
At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, only one of the four runways was open for much of the day and "very few flights are coming or going," said airport spokeswoman Felicia Browder.
"I don't have an official number of cancellations, but I can say with confidence a significant number have been canceled," Browder said.
AP Contra Costa Times link (http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/breaking_news/10767474.htm)
Three weather-related traffic deaths were reported, two in Georgia and one in South Carolina, police said.
At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, only one of the four runways was open for much of the day and "very few flights are coming or going," said airport spokeswoman Felicia Browder.
"I don't have an official number of cancellations, but I can say with confidence a significant number have been canceled," Browder said.
AP Contra Costa Times link (http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/breaking_news/10767474.htm)