all over the world, but bethlehem, where our saviour was born, this is where we wanted to be this year. hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of millions of people in the united states are in the grip of a major winter storm, with blizzards and record low temperatures sweeping the country. around 60% of the us population is currently under a weather warning, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. the storm extends from quebec to texas. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the authorities say at least 19 people have been killed so far. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these conditions unless you have to. because an
there certainly will be some snow around across parts of scotland, in particular with accumulations, one to three centimetres at low levels. but over the hills, 5 10 centimetres possible, with blizzard conditions. there will be a few showers elsewhere, mind you, and it will be a blustery and a cooler feeling day, boxing day. temperatures struggling to get much above freezing in parts of scotland, but otherwise about a 9 celsius. now, beyond that, the weather patterns look very unsettled as we head from christmas towards new year. and it turns very windy, particularly towards wednesday, with gales or maybe even some severe gales around.
all over the world, but bethlehem, where our saviour was born, this is where we wanted to be this year. hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of millions of people in the united states are in the grip of a major winter storm, with blizzards and record low temperatures sweeping the country. around 60% of the us population is currently under a weather warning, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. the storm extends from quebec to texas. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the authorities say at least 19 people have been killed so far. nomia iqbal reports.