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Weekly Weather Photos: 5 Dead At Start Of Icy Winter Season
See top weather photos of the week as pre-winter storms slam areas with power outages, school closures and icy conditions, killing five.
The winter of 2018-19 blew in with an attitude, shoving fall aside to cripple parts of the South, Midwest and Northeast. The pre-winter storm has already claimed five lives, and rain and snow have left many roads covered in sheets of ice.
Two of the five deaths occurred in a horrific tour bus accident in Mississippi. The casino-bound vehicle was traveling down Interstate 269 when it overturned from the icy conditions and left an additional 44 people with injuries, The Associated Press reported.
Witnesses told Mississippi investigators the tour bus driver lost control after crossing an icy overpass and the bus rolled over on the driver's side, coming to rest in median of Interstate 269 in Byhalia around 12:35 p.m., Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Capt. Johnny Poulos told The AP.
The other three fatalities all come from separate car accidents in Little Rock, Arkansas. From power outages in Ohio to school closures in Missouri, this winter season is already off to a brutal start.
See top weather photos from the week below:
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018
Icicles form on a retail umbrella as rain freezes on surfaces throughout the morning in Blacksburg, VA. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
A town of Christiansburg snowplow removes sleet and slush from a railroad overpass on North Franklin Street in Blacksburg, VA. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
A pedestrian covers her shoes to help with traction as she makes her way through the street in wintery weather conditions in Mt. Holly, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A pedestrian walks through a snow covered parking lot in Mt. Holly, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A young buck forages for food during a winter storm in Marple Township, PA. Pennsylvanians are dealing with their first taste of wintry weather this season. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
People walk on Independence Mall during a snow storm in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pedestrians make their way through wintry weather in Mt. Holly, N.J. A mix of rain, sleet and snow started falling late Thursday morning in southern areas and was expected to soon move across the state. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A person walks in view of Independence Hall as snow falls in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
An employee with the City of Cincinnati repairs a traffic light at Clifton and Dixmyth Avenues. According to Duke Energy more than 100,000 customers were without power in the region Thursday morning. (Cara Owsley/The Enquirer via AP)
Richard Burst clears snow from his driveway. "All I really need to accomplish are two lanes for my car," he said. Much of the region had at least 4 inches of snow and forecasters expect about 1 inch or 2 inches more will fall before tapering off around noon Thursday. (Robert Cohen /St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Lyod Graham waits for the bus during a snowstorm in St. Louis. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Joe Harrison, a volunteer dog walker, gives Haley a wintry outdoor walk in the walking park at the Humane Society of Missouri's Maryland Heights center. An overnight snowfall blanketed the St. Louis area and continued to fall throughout the day.
(Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch via AP)
Jamey Torregrossa clears the sidewalk of snow in front of the Carpenters District Council building in St. Louis. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018
A tour bus is towed away Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, after it overturned on an icy highway in northern Mississippi. DeSoto County sheriff's Deputy Alex Coker said the tour bus carrying about 50 people overturned just after midday Wednesday south of Memphis, Tennessee. The crash came as a winter storm has been raking parts of the South.
Law enforcement officers inspect the site where a tour bus carrying passengers overturned just after midday on Wednesday in DeSoto County, MS. The crash came as a winter storm has been raking parts of the South. (Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal via AP)
The county coroner, Josh Pounders, says two people are confirmed dead in the crash where Interstate 269 meets with Interstate 22. He says that the injured have been taken to area hospitals, some in critical condition. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
A towing service employee inspects the damage to a tour bus carrying passengers, that overturned just after midday Wednesday in DeSoto County, Mississippi. The crash came as a winter storm has been raking parts of the South. (Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal, via AP)
The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, is seen on Pad-0A, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 10th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,400 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. The launch was rescheduled due to bad weather and is currently scheduled for Friday, Nov. 16, at 4:23 a.m. EST. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)
Lead images by AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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