A National Guardsman rescued a sick baby and her mother from the home they were stranded in for three days after a tree tumbled onto a power line and left them without electricity in the snowstorm.
The North Carolina National Guard shared a heartwarming photo Sunday showing the moment Sgt. Donovan McPherson, 27, carried the baby girl outside in her car seat covered in pink blankets to keep her warm.
McPherson assisted the state's emergency management hazard response team in transporting the mom and little girl from their home in Lenoir to Hudson, where they have relatives. Nearly 18 inches of snow fell in Lenoir, the county seat of Caldwell.
The North Carolina National Guard shared a heartwarming photo Sunday showing the moment Sgt. Donovan McPherson, 27, carried a sick baby girl outside in her car seat covered in pink blankets
McPherson (pictured above) assisted the state's emergency management hazard response team in transporting the mom and little girl from their home in Lenoir to Hudson, where they have relatives
The National Guardsman said the overwhelmed mother thanked the team
McPherson told local WRAL: 'The baby was recently sick... they were worried the baby would get sick again.'
When the response team and National Guardsman arrived to the home, the mom appeared flustered and overwhelmed as she tried to care for her child and carry several necessities outside.
He told the station: 'She just thanked us.'
The mom and daughter were just one of more than 140,000 North Carolina residents who were trapped without power.
As of Tuesday afternoon, about 49,000 outages remained in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, according to the website poweroutage.us.
The storm was blamed for at least three deaths in North Carolina.
Seesawing temperatures across several southern states were gradually melting snow from a wintry storm, but also 'transforming slushy roads into treacherous ice' during the morning commute, one governor warned Tuesday.
The above photo shows drivers as they pass an abandoned car along Silas Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem on Tuesday Several Southern states hit hard by a wintry storm were gradually warming Tuesday, but forecasters warned that temperatures in many areas will plunge below freezing again Tuesday night
School buses sit covered with snow at Smith High School in Greensboro on Tuesday. Several schools were closed down
A car travels down a snow covered street in a neighborhood in Greensboro on Tuesday
Gavin Keller, left, and Hunter Matthews work the clear snow from the walkway of a home in Richmond, Virginia on Monday
The awning covering the outside seating area at the Quaker Steak and Lube restaurant on State Street in Bristol, Virginia collapsed under the weight of the heavy snowfall on Monday
Sunny skies in North Carolina and Virginia were helping to thaw out snow drifts left behind by the weekend storm, but temperatures were expected to plunge again, refreezing moisture on the roads Wednesday morning.
North Carolina's governor also warned that runoff from melting snow could combine with an expected rainstorm this week to increase the flooding threat along some rivers.
Some roofs buckled under the weight of the snow, with a building collapse killing three horses at a farm in Gaston County, North Carolina.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper urged people in hard-hit areas to still think twice about driving.
Secondary roads in some places haven't been plowed and temperatures were expected to dip into the 20s or teens again overnight, creating the potential for icy spots again Wednesday as melted snow refreezes even on roads that have been cleared.
'My message is simple: If conditions in your area are still dangerous, don't take the risk,' the governor said. 'Sit tight and wait for the sunshine and safety.'
Overall, the North Carolina Highway Patrol has responded to 2,300 accidents since the storm blew in, with some new accidents reported on spotty patches of ice early Tuesday.
Driver Alenjandro Rangel, right, and a man who assisted him, grab tools from the truck bed after the truck flipped after running over a patch of ice too quickly Tuesday morning
NCDOT said a livestock truck overturned Monday on westbound I-40 near the Tennessee state line
'Frigid temperatures descended on North Carolina last night, transforming slushy roads into treacherous ice,' Cooper said.
And with rain forecast for Thursday and Friday, Cooper urged residents along rivers to 'be alert for any flood warnings from local officials.'
Cooper said 60 school districts remain closed after the storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow in western parts of the state.
A National Weather Service map indicates that more than a third of the state's 100 counties had accumulations of 6 inches or more.
The governor said crews have restored power to a half-million North Carolina customers since the height of the storm.
One positive aspect of the storm came at ski resorts in the region. Beech Mountain Resort in western North Carolina, which had 14 trails open Tuesday, said the storm brought 2 feet of new snow.
Wintergreen Resort in Virginia offered a similar report on its website Monday: 'Up to 20' of snow has blanketed our mountain making for some of the best slope conditions we've seen this early in years.'
A driver slowly passes plows clearing Silas Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Tuesday
A car is pulled over the barrier after it went down the embankment due to patches of black ice on East Hudson Boulevard Tuesday
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