Snow, sleet and freezing rain blanketed the Southeast Sunday and Monday, slowing travel and closing schools and government offices.



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A sledder lets out a scream as she rockets down a hill at Piedmont Park in Atlanta Monday, January 10.



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Snow blankets the fields at Piedmont Park in Atlanta as sledders walk around Monday.



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Atlanta and many other Southern cities awoke to a blanket of snow and ice Monday.



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Atlanta seems like a ghost town Monday in this view from I-75/I-85. Schools, businesses and government agencies shut their doors due to the winter weather.



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Rush hour appears quiet Monday in Midtown Atlanta along I-75/I-85, known as the Downtown Connector.



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Snow + hill + sled = flight for Atlantans enjoying the winter weather Monday in Piedmont Park.



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