In Colorado Springs d el paso counnow totals hit double digi news 5 bill folsoms live in colodo springs with a look throughoutolorado spris. Cdot and city street ews are tryingo ep up with all the snow. Orng. Pls ntue t hitting primary roes. Even though ere are 40 plows ing 24 hours. The ci k people are frustrated. Theye asking drivers tbe patient stay o roads if at all possible. Also. A remier twont geto the side streets until thew secondary routesre clear. Sayslow ews wi be sy at the next 2 urs. Is intertiap shows y whe many ste plows areight w. In our area 35 snoplows will worto clear ghwan the colodo spris area. Pueblo plows are working. 22 in trinidad and 1 l junta. 25 plows are oduty in lamar. Weather and traffic on the 5s. Ief morning meteorologist ephen bowers is here now with first alert 5. While heavy snow is exitg to our ea, some spoy tches of are lingering this morning. Road conditions are mess not only is snow on the roads slowing things down, a layer of ice beath now is making adespecilyasthis morng. As the hea snow winds down, the weaknow slabon the tain with additionaow on top have pushed the avalanche risk to dangerously hi levels. Avalanche wags are in effect of the high country. R mperatures are in the enand 20s this morning. Wind chills in the Single Digits anteens. Snow this morning will become more spoy withemperatures struggling to warm through the 20s. Noon,e still hav me spots of light snowround, and eratur are noany better than 20s. The snowy sps will begin to become fewer after 2 pm with ld 20s aside om a lingerinfl this evenin snowill come to en despite the sn. The corado sprgs airport. Is workinto keep runway operatin as of right now theres no delays or canceltis isorning airport. Only cancellatio were to d fromenver plows ent the day clearing runways. Aftethe sn is sweeped aw. Anher trk spreads top the line chemicals to help theno dollars for just o pass but the airport says thats what keeps runways open and allows planes to me in and out Denver International aport ar ts video ontter on h its crewseep operationsgoing in weather like this. Take a loo th is w, time lapse video you can see plows and other eqpment clearing snow from the xiway. Near00 flights or a third of the airports traffic ere storm. New this morning. Motainetro tnsit h suspended bus service incorado sprgs for tuesd. The decision comesfter rtes were shut downandahalf hours early nday night due to the snow. Conditions at e wntown bterminal were treacherous all day long. Althou the buses arequipped with electronic drop downnow chainsat least seven t stk in 90minutepan mond afternoon. Lets take a livlookut at i70 neavail pass. Eaeae coty schools have for only thehird time since the 90. Dirict oicial are proud ofheir rare ow day. But several consutive days of snowllave piled up. Causing worries about unsafe roads. Pas re even ca ifnnout s a joke. The scol dtrict sayshe last snow day wain 2008. Coming up. Were showing you a ney desied device that is taking people with disabilities to new hehts. Thats next your health family. Plus. The outbreak of zika virus is now an iernationalemgey. But it could be a long te fore theorld can fightack moren thfter the break. In tods youhealthy family. Learning to ski is harfo anyone. But for kids with disabiliti. It c eeclldifficul t new adaptive skis e making it easier for ese kids to hit e slopes Ashley Bishop hamore. Pkg ts were g skiing hayle and skylar are bh fift grads. They are beyond excited to hit the slopes th their frnds. The twgirls are disablednd special adaptive ski. Pants ofhildren with sabiliti say ts is a spl outing becausehey dont always get to g sot liza on, skar mother they get left behind quite a a bit, it beer now than what it used to bfor sure crg dummer is a volunteer with hope inc. 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Ter a meeting of the world health organization. The disease has been lked to birth defect that results in abnormally small heads. Knn mrocephaly. E wo call the spreaof the disease an extrrdinary event. The who predicts up to 4 millio could be with the mosquitobornviru over the nt year. And it could be up to 9 months or longer before the International Health communityan mount a response. Weatheand traffic on thes. Ief rning meteorologt first alt 5. Ile heavy snow is iting to our eastsome spotty batches of snow are lingering is morning. Ad conditions are messy. Not only is sn on the roads slowing things down, a layer of ice neath that snow is making roads especially uneasy this morning. Ashe heavy snow nds down, weak snow slabonhe mountains withdditional sn on top have pushed the avahe risk to daously high levels. Avalanwarnings a in fect for much of the high untry. Our temperates are in th nd ills are in the single ds and teens. Snow this morning will becom more stty with temperatures struggling to warm throu t 20s. At noon, we willtillave so spots of light snow aund, and temperatures are not any erhan 20s. The snowy spots will begin to become fewer afterm with cold 2 to brief low 30s. Ase from a linging flry this eveng, ow wl comeo end. S get u caugp road coitioight n. Ws 5s joanna wise is live in ,, lets get you caught up on Road Conditions right now. News 5 joannwise is live in ,,, comi up. Exciontinueso d as the broncogeready r pewl 50. Weearing from denver fanon the west coast this morning. And. Some colorado families spend their snow day paying tribute to their favorite football team. Some broncos players sayhere a bit sore this morning afr their buses were iold in a crash on a bay ea freeway. A driver apparently stopped in thmi of the freeway when the teams Police Escort pulled up behinder. Uching off a chaineaction cras a highy Patrol Officer ffered minor injurs. Theres report from nf mea is morning claing Peyton Manning has told h close fries that hell retire after supebowl 50. While peyt hasnt said publicly what hell do weve founbrons fans don really care at this point, theyre just looking forward to ndays bigame. Sports director grant meech is in s francco this morng. Good morning from san ancisco one of the host cities for super bowl 50 the place at onco fans will call me for the nexteek now we know that brcoans will not waste an opportunity to see their team play f al title but it had us wondering how far does bronco countrretc. Its hard to nd any blue and angen a sea of redut bronco fans ways show up. How d this starti grewp in a household withy d and unfortunately he is a raiders fan i liked hn elway early on and i ways cheer for t i have blue and oragne socks th i prioritize on fdays just because i am a broncos fan. Since i was little youre sll litt oh, well i still like them big and sll and some not en from our species one dollar at a time laus fans arent wastinthis opptuniy to see their am in the per bowl. A bunch aqib talib, derek wolfe Peyton Manning you already med peyton h, Ronnie Hillman yesteday as he arrived in santa clara, the marriott, and we threw a little good luck hisay coasto coast bronco fans so it spreadr anwide . Thats right monday w t er ineasing spectacle that is meday today much mornormal for the broncos as they get their preparation ramped up to take on the nthers on sunday night weatheantraffic on the 5s. Chiemorning meteorologist Stephen Bowers is re now with first alert 5. While avy snow is exiting to our east, so stty batches of snow are linri ts morning. Roadonditions are messy. Not on is snow on the roads slowing things down, a yer of ice beneatthat snow is making roads especially uneasy this morning. As the hea snow wis do, thweslabs on t motains with additional snowon top have pushed t avalanche risk to dangously high level avalanche warnings are in effect for much of thhigh country. Our temperatures are in the teenand 20this morning. Wind chills are in the sile digits and teens. Snowhis morning will bec stty with temperatus stgglingo waough the 20s. At nn, we will still have some spots of light snow around, and temperaturesre n a bter the snowspots willeg to become fewer aft 2m with cold 20s to brief low 30s. Aside from ainring flurry res a loo theoo that is dia day. The team was introduced on a mockup of san fnciscos iconic ldenate idge. And is called super bl opening night. One faly h created a snowy version of theiravore footll player the sey faly in Grand Junction built a 12 foot snowman th broncos quarterback peyt mannings mberpainted theront. It took them morthan 6 hours to create the sterpiece the real manni is only sixoot five, so he pales in comparison to this snow sculpture. Anhelocal family is showin their love for theroncos in the snow. Got tpicture from eri. She ys her fy end the snowday whilbuilding fort bronco. They en ve the family dog to guard e fo. Rember you can always send us your photos by going to our facebook pe. Or send them to mypics koaa fit up at 6 30 this rning. s ather first ale 5 weather day news5 has you covered if you need to hit e roads this moing. News5s bill folsom in colorado sprrom the picrk neighbod. With mon the conditions for now we are gng to ad south on i5 in pueblo. Whh was also hitard last niby snow. News 5s joanna wise picks up weather and traffic the 5s. Chief morning meteorologist sthen bowers is here now with first alt 5. While heavy sn is exitg to our east, me spotty batcheof snow are lingerinthis mning. Road conditions are messy. Noonly is snow on the roads slowing things down, a layer of ice beneath that snow is making roads especially uneasy this moing. As the heavy snow winds down, the weak snow slabs on t mountains with additional snow on tohave pushed the avalanche risk to ngerously high levels. Avalane warnings areeffect for much outemperatur are in the teens d this morni. Wind chil are in the sing digits and teens. Ow ts morning wi bece mo spotty with temperatures s. At noon, wwill still hav some spots of light snow aroun and temperatures are not any better than 20s. The snowy spots will begin to become fewer aft 2m th cold 20s tbrief lo30s. Aside from a lingering flurry this ening, snowill come t en thsalvn armys warming shelter in downtown colorado sprin will remain en. Its been opatg around the helpg the homeless. Shelter manage say they added room f another 38 people tcomen and get warm, today d tonight. The salvation armys wming shelter in downtown cora springs ll remaiopen. Its bopering around the clock foe twoays helpinthe homele. Sheltemagers say they added room for another8 people to comen and get warm, but no necessarilsleep at the shelter. That puts them at just or 200 spaces ailable. Ma arent the lynewho suffer from the co. These winter storms caalsoe life threatening to livestock on the plains. 8years ago. A blizzard killed thnds but ranchers we spe withsay ey arenconcerneabout a disaster like that right now. Becausthis is the time of ye when they plan for winter storms. And are better prepared to protect their animals. The search continues this morning for a Mineral County man who went missing while owmobiling near the uthwtern town of cede over the weekend. The Mineral CountySheriffs Office saythe 35earol became separated from friend while snowmobilingunday afternoon. Sear cre set out suny night. But the Winter Weather has greatly hampered thier efforts. The man has only been identified as a meral county resident. Coming up. Were looking at the res from the iowa caucuses. A ear winner on one. Another almostoo close to ca. Were king tt downor you. And les geyou liook fr our ucc weather bug camera. Classes are cancelled this morning at t college. Well ke checking those roads for you. Later today in washinton dc. President amand use Speaker Paul Ryan are set to meet oneonone for the first time. Eaker last year. E two aders will have lunch in t oval office after a meeting that inclus te jority leader mitch mcconnell. The men arexpected to scuss the esidents fiscal 2017 budget request and areas comn legislative interest in obamas last year in office. New this morning. Presidtial Candidatehillary Clinton as the apparent winner of the iowa ucus. This is based on a report from e iowa Democract Party chair. It took hours r a winner to be deared because the race was too closto cal. With senator bernieanders virtualltied with clinton for the republican candidas. It was ted cruz who wothe first caucus in the nation donald trump came second losing jt three points. The candidatesl now head to nehampsh her big ne out of the iowa caucus. Only two candidates remain o the democratic se. Martin omalley announced hes dropping of e race aer a or swi in iowa. The republican racis a little former arkansas governor mik ckabee said susnding his campaign. He too h a poor showing in iowa new this morning. As residents in flint michigan continue to rely on Water Bottles and filters for drinking water. Weve learned the the fbi is now joining in the investigation on the water contamination cris as weve been reporting since the ci switched theiwater supply to save money. Extremelhigh level lea another coaminants havbeen detected ithe r. Lets geyou caught up on road condions right now. News 5s joanna wise is live i weatantraffic on the chief morning meteorologist ephen is here now with first alert 5. 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T frorunner no mor a marco rubi marco ru with the strong nish a surprise of the night. So is is the moment they sa would never hn. The candidates already in New Hampshire thisorning. Sounding the alarm. Public Health Emergency of ternational concern. Thizika outeak bein clared global cris. The pentagon s to evacte u. S. Military families from hot zones. The number of infected gwing by the d, while a vaine is said to beearsway. And and blizzard inhe heartland. A storm dumping sw from kansa mhigan. Another 31 million bracing for severe storms in the south. Al is tracking both systems