Both are types of ice, but they form in different ways and have very different impacts once they get to the ground
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Topped trees fell down across the road and took down power lines near Martinsville on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.
Ice forms on tree branches along Midlothian Turnpike Sat., Feb. 13, 2021.
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Buford Road is closed near Rockaway Drive after a tree fell across it. Sat., Feb. 13, 2021.
Meeks Lane in Richmond was closed between Cooper Road and Scottview Drive after a tree fell across it on Saturday.
Buford Road is closed near Rockaway Drive after a tree fell across it.Sat., Feb. 13, 2021.
A tree took power lines down and landed on a car on Meeks Lane between Cooper Road and Scottview Drive Sat., Feb. 13, 2021.
Cars drive around a downed tree that fell in the 4400 block of North Huguenot Road Sat., Feb. 13, 2021.
Tree branches fell along Monument Avenue Sat., Feb. 13, 2021.
Ice forms on tree branches along Midlothian Turnpike Sat., Feb. 13, 2021.
A tree is covered in ice at East Grace and North 3rd Street Sat., Feb. 13, 2021. Lights in the Deco at CNB Apartments shine in the background.
Ice forms on tree branches along East Grace Street Sat., Feb. 13, 2021.
Solar panels in Barhamsville are covered with snow and ice Sat., Feb. 13, 2021.
Two pedestrians cross East Grace street carefully with holding hands, not to slip on icy road, as an ice storm was unfolding in Richmond on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.
A historic marker of Shockoe Valley was covered with ice in Richmond on Saturday morning, Feb. 13, 2021.
"The Dancing Man" statue is covered with ice at Bellevue Elementary School in Richmond on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.
Tree branches were covered with ice in Richmond on Saturday morning, Feb. 13, 2021.
A bench is covered with ice in Richmond on Saturday morning, Feb. 13, 2021.
An ice storm is unfolding in Richmond on Saturday morning, Feb. 13, 2021.
A downhill portion of North 23rd Street was closed in Richmond on Saturday morning.
A fire hydrant is covered with ice in Richmond on Saturday morning, Feb. 13, 2021.
Peter McReynolds, left, an others play disk golf at Gillies Creek Park in Richmond on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. "It's experience," says McReynolds about playing the game in an icy storm.
Grant Smith removed ice from his car in Richmond’s Church Hill area on Saturday.
Disk golfers play their game at Gillies Creek Park in Richmond on Saturday morning, Feb. 13, 2021.
Tree branches are covered with ice in Richmond on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.
A woman strolls toward ice-covered trees on Barksdale Rd. in eastern Henrico County, VA, Feb. 13, 2021.
Crepe Myrtle seed pods covered with ice in front of an American flag in eastern Henrico County, VA, Feb. 13, 2021.
Ice covers a cedar tree in eastern Henrico County, VA, Feb. 13, 2021.
Trees heavy with snow and ice on Manor View Drive in Mechanicsville.
An overnight dousing of freezing rain resulted in frozen tree limbs and power lines across the Dan River Region on Saturday.
Icicles hang from a street sign on Saturday morning in Danville.
An overnight dousing of freezing rain resulted in frozen tree limbs and power lines across the Dan River Region on Saturday.
Fallen tree branches ripped away power lines from a home at 120 Hurt Street in Danville on Saturday morning.
An overnight dousing of freezing rain resulted in frozen tree limbs and power lines across the Dan River Region on Saturday.
An overnight dousing of freezing rain resulted in frozen tree limbs and power lines across the Dan River Region on Saturday.
An overnight dousing of freezing rain resulted in frozen tree limbs and power lines across the Dan River Region on Saturday.
The Danville Fire Department responded to a call of fallen tree branches Saturday morning at 120 Hurt Street in Danville.
Fallen tree branches ripped away power lines from a home at 120 Hurt Street in Danville on Saturday morning.
Fallen tree branches ripped away power lines from a home at 120 Hurt Street in Danville on Saturday morning.
Fallen tree branches ripped away power lines from a home at 120 Hurt Street in Danville on Saturday morning.
Icicles dangle from a frozen-over birdbath in a Danville yard on Saturday morning.
Ice snaps trees Saturday along Mountain Valley Road in Axton.
Ice brings down trees along Mountain Valley Road in Axton on Saturday.
Ice covers parts of Mountain Valley Road in Axton on Saturday.
Ice coats elevated surfaces including trees along Mountain Valley Road in Axton on Saturday.
Topped trees fell down across the road and took down power lines near Martinsville on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.
James McGuire of Mountain Valley Road surveys the damage after trees fell down across the road and took down power lines Saturday.
A sheriff's office vehicle blocks Woodlawn Avenue on Saturday after a tree fell across the road.
Larry Cassada, of Axton, heads out to cut trees that fell across pasture fencing, letting cows escape Saturday.
