States West North and East fared far worse than Georgia from the weekend winter storm but as expected areas North of Atlanta had their share of problems. Accidents started in NW Georgia Friday afternoon as sleet began to accumulate with sleet reported as far south as Cherokee and North Cobb but with no accumulation. By early Sunday morning snow flurries were seen in much of Atlanta but did not last with more rain than anything else. The worst ice was North of a line from Rome to Gainesville to Athens. But after temperatures fell a few black ice patches were reported in Atlanta. For more maps and photos click on this link. Winter storm slide show.

Saturday's winter weather is getting the blame for a deadly wreck on I-20 and power outages out for thousands in North Georgia. Snow didn't last in Atlanta. "The flakes are giant flakes," said WSB's Chris Chandler from Duluth. "I'm from (up) north and the flakes even impressed me."

Late Saturday night, Georgia Power said it had about 2,200 customers without power. Georgia Electric Membership Corporation said it still had 1,200 outages as of Sunday morning down from the peek. The NE corner of the state was hit hardest.

There were still some issues with ice on the roads around Atlanta. The DOT closed down the eastbound lanes of I-20 because ice that formed near Lowery Blvd. It's believed to have caused a four-car wreck around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Ice was also reported in the westbound lanes near Holmes Dr.

Also on I-20, Atlanta police believe the weather caused a deadly wreck in the eastbound lanes near the downtown connector. Atlanta police spokesman Eric Schwartz told WSB Radio in a statement that two people were killed in the crash around 8 p.m. Schwartz said the two victims were involved in a smaller wreck and were standing outside their vehicles talking when they were hit by a third driver who lost control. That driver did stop after the crash. Police did not say if charges would be filed.

Elsewhere, more than 5 inches of dry, fluffy snow was reported in Washington but it was finishing up by late Saturday night, National Weather Service forecaster Matthew Kramar said.

The storm left a wake of damage beginning in northern Texas and Oklahoma, where snow and ice shut down interstates and snapped power lines to thousands of customers. Roads icy and snow packed across the South, and thousands were without power as ice accumulated. Police said they had to clear hundreds of wrecks overnight in many states.

A central Tennessee woman was killed when a tree weighed down with ice crashed into her mobile home early Saturday, Maury County officials said. In southern Maryland, one person was found dead after a house fire in Accokeek that firefighters said they had a hard time getting to because of the snow. Prince George's County fire department spokesman Mark Brady said the winter storm and snowfall made driving conditions hazardous.

In northern Virginia, the weather caused several multi-vehicle crashes along Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County, Virginia State Police said. Four people were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

The weather also cut short a farewell celebration Saturday at the National Zoo in Washington for young panda Tai Shan, who will be flown to China on Thursday to become part of a breeding program.

In Smyrna, Tenn., southeast of Nashville, a high school bowling tournament was postponed after snow and ice caused the roof to collapse at the bowling alley where it was to be held, according to the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.

Will O'Halloran, publisher of City Social Magazine in Baton Rouge, La., got caught in the storm in both directions of his monthly trip to pick up the publication from a printer outside Louisville, Ky. At one point he thought his headlights were broken, only to find they were covered in ice.

People are crazy out there,'' O'Halloran, 49, said over breakfast at a McDonald's outside Nashville.Cars spinning, trailers jackknifed. I just tried to keep it at 40 mph and move along.''

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue declared a state of emergency as some mountain areas got more than a foot of snow throughout the day Saturday. More than a dozen emergency shelters opened across the state, Perdue said.

Associated Press writers Erik Schelzig in Nashville, Tenn., Joyce Garcia in Chicago and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, S.C., and Jay Black of WSB Radio Atlanta contributed to this report.