The storm headed out to sea but the region will stay cold this week, the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Weather Prediction Center said.
“This remains a dangerous system even as it moves off the coast,” said lead NWS forecaster Michael Schichtel. “It’s slow to move off the Carolinas but a saving grace is that it won’t hit New England.”
One motorist died outside Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday, and divers searched for a driver whose 18-wheeler was found in a river in Kinston, North Carolina, a NBC affiliate in Raleigh reported.
Motorists in north Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia can expect snow and ice on Monday.
