if you can make him out, this is matthew cappucci capturing the situation on the coast on cape cod earlier, and being knocked over by the conditions. well, matthew is now safely back on his feet and inside somewhere warm, and hejoins us now. matthew, welcome to the programme. tell us, how bad is this storm? you say one welcome, it doesn t feel long! this storm is a pretty nasty one, it explosively intensified. think of a storm is like a vacuum cleaner, it sacked in so much air very quickly, it went from virtually nothing on the one up to a hurricane force low system with a 130 michael or kliment an hour wind gust in about 2k hours time, really going into that injust one hours time, really going into that in just one day s time, really impressive stuff. 0ne that in just one day s time, really impressive stuff. one of the most interesting elements of this was the rapidity with which the snow came down, upwards of ten centimetres an hour at times. boston s logan international airport saw
of the back of the van. an almighty crash. to be honest, i thought my friend were dead. i think he has been really lucky. northern powergrid says tens of thousands of customers are still without power, mostly in northumberland and county durham. tonight, county durham county council have declared a major incident following the impact of the storm. this is just day one storm arwen lasted more than a week, it lasted ten days for some people. so we are not in the same position now as we were then, thankfully. the numbers we are dealing with are much smaller this time but, of course, for anyone affected by it, it is a significant disruption. this afternoon in staffordshire, police were called after a tree fell in winnothdale near stoke on trent. a nine year old boy later died in hospital. and in aberdeen, in north east scotland, emergency services were called at 10:30 this morning to the place where this tree had fallen but, sadly, a 60 year old woman had died.
this is bbc news, the headlines: a powerful winter storm is battering the east coast of the united states. forecasters are warning of historic blizzards, deep snowfall, power cuts and travel chaos. the governors of new york, newjersey, massachusetts and virginia have declared emergencies and urged people to stay home. britain says it s preparing a series of diplomatic and military initiatives in europe next week in the wake of growing tension between ukraine and russia. the prime minister, borisjohnson, issued a statement saying the uk was willing to double its nato troop contingent in eastern europe. a more detailed study is under way after initial research finds some people with long covid may have hidden damage to their lungs. researchers asked patients to inhale xenon gas before undergoing an mri scan. it revealed the lungs had difficulty in smoothly transferring oxygen into the bloodstream.
inaudible this is matthew cappucci capturing the situation on the coast on cape cod earlier, and being knocked over by the conditions. safe back at home he explained to me how bad this storm is. this storm is a pretty nasty one, it explosively intensified. think of a storm is like a vacuum cleaner, it sucked in so much air very quickly, it went from virtually nothing on the weather map to a hurricane force low system with a 130 kilometre an hour wind gust in about 2k hours time, really going into that in just one day s time, really impressive stuff. one of the most interesting elements of this was the rapidity with which the snow came down, upwards of ten centimetres an hour at times. boston s logan international airport saw about 60 centimetres worth of snow, their snowiest january day on record. matthew, it is not unusual
this is bbc news. our top headline: a powerful winter storm is battering the east coast of the united states. forecasters are warning of historic blizzards, deep snowfall, power cuts and travel chaos. here in the uk, another powerful weather system, storm malik, has claimed the lives of a nine year old boy in england, and a 60 year old woman in scotland. catriona renton reports. widespread disruption as storm malik swept its way into northern parts of the uk. the north east of england took a battering. and in bradford, lee warner and his friend richard had been packing up their gear after a bike ride. we were sat between the two back seats, just crouching down, really. pushed me further down. i lay down on the floor, my friend pulled me out