Freezing Rain Threat Prompts Closings In Metro Atlanta

A pedestrian walks past a frozen fountain downtown in Atlanta.

David Goldman / Associated Press

Updated at 8:12 a.m. Monday

Authorities say they’re beginning to hear reports of slick spots on roads in northern Alabama and in northwest Georgia where light freezing rain fell before dawn Monday.

Police in the North Georgia city of Varnell reported a crash involving 30 to 40 cars on Interstate 75, about 20 miles southeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee.