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Winter storm dumps snow in US South, maintains its icy grip

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About 1,000 flights in and out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport are canceled or delayed.

The Atlanta Hawks postpone a pro basketball game against the Houston Rockets due to icy conditions.

Temperatures are expected to plunge after sundown Saturday in the South , raising the risk that melting snow will freeze and turn roadways slick with ice.

Richmond , Virginia , lifts its boil-water advisory, nearly a week after Monday 's snowstorm cut power.

As much as a foot ( about 31 centimeters ) fell in parts of Arkansas .

Little Rock , Arkansas , averages 3.8 inches ( 9.7 centimeters ) a year.

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole .

Some experts say such events are happening more frequently because of a warming world.

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