Almost 300,000 homes and businesses were without power in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama after a winter storm dumped up to 12-18 inches of snow in some spots. More than 300,000 homes and businesses remained without power Monday across the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee as a winter storm that spent the last week creating chaos across much of the nation slowly creeped out to sea. At least one death was reported after some areas were deluged with up to two feet of heavy, wet snow or a wintry mix of snow and ice that snapped tree limbs and downed power lines across the region. Thousands of flights were canceled or delayed from Texas to the Carolinas in recent days, and almost 400 were canceled Monday out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport alone. The North Carolina National Guard was helping dig out some areas in the state's western mountains. "Things are winding down," AccuWeather meteorologist Courtney Travis said Monday. "But some schools are closed, some roads are closed. The impact is still strong." For more on this story: https://bit.ly/2Eb51S8 Do you like what you see? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh Like USA TODAY on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usatoday Follow USA TODAY on Twitter: https://twitter.com/USATODAY