Deadly Winter Storm Diego Strands Virginia Drivers For Hours; Over 100,000 Remain Without Power in Southeast

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More than 108,000 customers remained without power Monday night after Winter Storm Diego unleashed its wrath on the Southeast over the weekend, killing at least three people in North Carolina, another in Tennessee and stranding drivers for hours on a Virginia interstate. 

Authorities urged residents to remain home on Monday as the storm continued to dump paralyzing snow, sleet or freezing rain across North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

"This storm dropped staggering amounts of snow, ice and rain across our state, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Monday. "A year's worth of snowfall, or more, fell in some places in little more than a day."

It was a traffic nightmare for motorists stranded for up to 12 hours Sunday on I-81 near Bristol, Virginia, the Bristol Herald-Courrier reported. Bristol officials requested assistance from the National Guard to help clear the roadway.  The highway has since cleared.