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Winter storm covers North Carolina mountains and foothills with sleet and snow

HICKORY, N.C. — Sleet is falling on top of the snow in North Carolina’s mountains creating, a tricky situation for drivers in the foothills.

Channel 9′s Dave Faherty is reporting live from outside of Hickory, where temperatures are holding around 22 degrees and roads are quickly freezing despite the best efforts of crews.

The Hickory Public Works Department told Channel 9 they have as many as 15 plows on the road. Conditions are worse than expected as temperatures dropped lower than they had anticipated, Faherty said.

>>> Watch the video at the top of this page for Dave Faherty’s full weather coverage from North Carolina’s mountains and foothills.

(WATCH BELOW: We’re tracking weather conditions from across the Carolinas)