Charlotte residents react to rare snowstorm

Описание: (2 Feb 2026)
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Charlotte, North Carolina - 2 February 2026
1. Mid of children playing in a snow fort
2. Mid of snow fort with containers and snacks inside a snow fort
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivia White, Charlotte resident:
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"We have lived in Charlotte for two years now, and every time they talked about having a snow, it usually was a dusting. So to see the snow come down and have inches on inches, it was a really big surprise, and my kids were so tickled pink about it. And so it was, it was a good surprise actually for us."
4. Wide of a snow-covered home after the winter storm
5. Mid of snow-covered Indiana University flag outside home
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivia White, Charlotte resident:
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"We did end up having an issue. We woke up and the house was freezing on Sunday."
7. Mid of children playing in the snow.
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivia White, Charlotte resident:
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"Our water heater had, frozen."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivia White, Charlotte resident:
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"We took my Dyson hair dryer, so that was a survival skill no one really told us about, and use an extension cord to de-thaw it and once we saw the water come through, we heard that the heater had kicked back on. So we were without heat for a couple hours, but after we de-thawed that line, it started working again for us."
10. Wide of North Carolina state flag waving outside of a home
11. Wide of Frances Allitt playing with her child in the snow at a park in Charlotte
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Frances Allitt, Charlotte resident:
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"Last weekend we all stocked up and this weekend we weren't as worried, but then it was a lot snowier. It's OK, we haven't lost power or anything. That was what we were really worried about. Yeah, and the kids have loved the snow, so that's been nice for us."
13. Close up of Frances Allitt playing with her child in the snow at a park in Charlotte
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Frances Allitt, Charlotte resident:
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"I'm kind of flexi-working right now, so I just managed to move my days later in the week, and it's just kind of a bonus, right? It's like making memories with the kids and if you don't have the snow days now you have them later in the year, so at least they're kind of going for the right thing. Yeah, we've had a good time and, it's my young one's first snow, so yeah, it's been OK."
15. Mid of snow on a Charlotte sidewalk after the winter storm
16. Mid of snow-covered street in Charlotte following a winter storm
17. Mid of Frances Allitt playing with her child in the snow at a park in Charlotte
STORYLINE:
Forecasters warned that dangerous extra-cold conditions will persist for a huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England.

There were hundreds of weekend flight cancellations to North Carolina, snow flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for thousands who are still without power from last month's ice storm in the South.

In Charlotte, North Carolina, people got a chance to play in the snow with their young kids, including some seeing their first big snow ever.

Florida experienced its coldest air mass since 1989. Windchills near zero are expected in many states again Monday. 

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