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Residents across Metro Atlanta on Wednesday worked to dig themselves out of a winter storm that dropped just more than two inches of snow on the city and paralyzed the region.

The state’s transportation chief says he is “not happy” with how “things have happened” that left motorists throughout Metro Atlanta stranded bu the tens of thousands. With surface streets and major thoroughfares impassable, motorists abandoned vehicles causing even more traffic problems.

City and state officials on Wednesday looked to deflect criticism after two inches of snow brought the metropolitan area to a standstill.

The mayor of Atlanta is urging Atlantans to stay at home if at all possible as the city was brought to its keens following two inches of snowfall. Atlanta was pounded by two inches of snow on Tuesday, and the economic engine of the Southeast is expected to remain closed today and possibly tomorrow as officials grapple with how to clear highways return the city to normalcy.