Watch: US ice storm turns Atlanta into parking lot

New Delhi: A rare snowstorm left thousands across the US frozen in their tracks, with workers sleeping in their offices, students camping in their schools, and commuters abandoning cars along the highway to seek shelter in churches or even grocery stores. Tuesday's storm left icicles along Florida beaches and paralyzed cities such as Atlanta, hub to major corporations and the world's busiest airport. The storm, which has killed at least seven people, on Tuesday swept over a region of about 60 million largely unaccustomed to ice and snow - stretching from Texas through Georgia and into the Carolinas - and forecasts called for more freezing weather on Thursday. Atlanta storm trapped hundreds of children in schools overnight, some without provisions, and created traffic jams stretching for miles on roads coated with two inches of snow. Watch in pics how the ice storm turned Atlanta into parking lot:In this aerial photo, traffic is snarled along the I-285 perimeter north of the metro area after a winter snow storm in Atlanta. In this aerial view looking at I-75 north at Moors Mill Rd., motorists get out of their vehicles to chat near abandoned cars along the ice-covered interstate At I-75 north at Mt. Paran Rd., abandoned cars are piled up on the median of the ice-covered interstate In this view looking south toward downtown Atlanta near the I-75 Chattahoochee River overpass, abandoned cars are piled upA man stands on the frozen roadway as he waits for traffic to clear Stranded motorists take shelter at a pharmacy store Stranded motorists take shelter at a store in AtlantaMotorists get out of their vehicles to chat near abandoned cars Traffic inches along the connector of Interstate's 75 and 85 as snow blankets Metro Atlanta A truck blocks all east-bound lanes of Interstate 285 in Sandy Spring after hitting an icet patch of road