The frozen precipitation Triangle area residents had been dreading all week began to fall Saturday night, marking the start of what forecasters are calling a likely dangerous winter storm.
Sleet and frozen rain were reported in parts of Alamance, Durham and Wake counties near 9 p.m. The National Weather Service wrote in an 8:30 p.m. Facebook post that precipitation “was becoming more steady along and north of I-85” with a mix of snow and sleet, with some freezing rain occurring in the southern Piedmont region.
The weather service warned that “significant ice accumulation on power limbs and tree limbs” could cause “widespread and long-lasting” power outages and may affect the region’s Monday morning commute…