It wasn't just the roads causing concern - the freezing rain leaving lawns, mailboxes and most notably bushes and trees ...

According to NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes, freezing rain is "just rain," but becomes ice once it makes contact with surfaces. That transition makes it some of the "worst winter weather," Jeanes ...

This is called freezing rain. This freezing rain then becomes a layer of ice that coats any object below freezing, including trees, power lines, bridges and overpasses. The ice adds weight to tree ...

while freezing rain is especially dangerous because it coats surfaces with a layer of ice that’s nearly invisible. Power outages are also a concern when ice accumulates on power lines and tree ...

ice and freezing rain, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Wednesday. A 10th of an inch of ice is forecast to accumulate on tree branches and power lines, NWS meteorologist Chris Horne ...