Millions are bracing for a dangerous Arctic blast that's sweeping
across the country.
More than 75 million people in two dozen states on
alert.
Wind chills well below 0.
Those frigid temperatures are following right behind a cross country
storm.
Coastal New England communities now seeing the impacts of high
tides and massive beach erosion.
The rough surf claiming this historic fishing shack near Portland,
ME. First responders in New Jersey rescuing several people from
a hotel in Edgewater.
Cities in the Midwest feeling the impact of lake effect
snow.
This is Michigan from earlier today.
Parts of the nation's midsection hit with Blizzard conditions.
These images from Iowa. The life threatening cold there expected
to last through Monday's caucuses.
The wintry weather also slowing travel at the nation's airports.
This holiday weekend, more than 1200 flights canceled Today.
Our weather team is tracking it all,
but we begin tonight with AB CS Morgan Norwood from
Newark Airport.
Tonight, millions from coast to coast,
on alert for a brutal mix of extreme weather,
from blinding snow and bitter cold to dangerous flooding.
More than a dozen states with wind chill warnings.
Life threatening cold hitting a large part of the country.
Blizzard conditions in the Midwest.
The storm system leaving more than
400,000 in the dark. Nationwide.
It's rough. It's slippery, blinding snow stranding drivers in Iowa.
The whipping winds reducing visibility to near 0 at times,
making travel nearly impossible. Up and down the Northeast,
many states still seeing major flooding from that same storm
system.
In New Hampshire, authorities are rescuing residents from their homes,
the high tide breaking records,
submerging streets and cars and covering them with thick sea
foam in main water surging into the streets.
Oh my
God. Washing away this local landmark.
Surrounding homes in Duxbury, things are floating
this restaurant flooded water forced inside by the rising tides
despite boarded up windows and doors.
In New Jersey, their flooding emergency made even worse by
that system.
For the second time in three weeks,
the river overflowing, rescue crews evacuating this flooded hotel stranded
by rising waters from the Hudson River.
And here in Wayne, NJ,
this parking lot I'm standing in looking more like a
pond.
For perspective, the Passaic River right across the way here,
it's still spilling at Spanx,
sending all of that water here.
These vacuums, those traffic signs that garbage dumps,
are underwater parts of New York also battered by coastal
flooding,
some drivers stranded by the rising tide and further upstate
travel now becoming treacherous.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul banning travel upstate for Erie
County after 9:00 PM tonight due to expected heavy snowfall.
The Buffalo Bills playoff game against the Steelers tomorrow postponed
and with this massive storm system simply wreaking havoc on
travel from coast to coast.
More than 1200 flights cancelled today alone,
many of them coming out of Denver and Chicago and
for tomorrow with airlines already canceling more than 600 flights
with
and those travel headaches continue for so many.
Morgan, thank you.